Atya
| Atya | |
|---|---|
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| Atya gabonensis | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Subphylum: | Crustacea |
| Class: | Malacostraca |
| Order: | Decapoda |
| Infraorder: | Caridea |
| Family: | Atyidae |
| Genus: | Atya Leach, 1815 |
Atya is a genus of freshwater shrimp of the family Atyidae, ranging through the Antilles and along the Atlantic and Pacific slopes of Central and South America and in western Africa.[1] It contains the following species:[2]
- Atya abelei Felgenhauer & Martin, 1983
- Atya africana Bouvier, 1904
- Atya brachyrhinus Hobbs & Hart, 1982
- Atya crassa (Smith, 1871)
- Atya dressleri Abele, 1975
- Atya gabonensis Giebel, 1875
- Atya innocous (Herbst, 1792)
- Atya intermedia Bouvier, 1904
- Atya lanipes Holthuis, 1963
- Atya limnetes Holthuis, 1986
- Atya margaritacea A. Milne-Edwards, 1874
- Atya ortmannioides Villalobos, 1956
- Atya scabra (Leach, 1815)
References
- ↑ Horton H. Hobbs, Jr. & C. W. Hart, Jr. (1982). "The shrimp genus Atya (Decapoda: Atyidae)". Smithsonian Contributions to Zoology 364: 143 pp. hdl:10088/5544.
- ↑ Charles Fransen (2013). "Atya Leach, 1816". World Register of Marine Species. Retrieved October 21, 2013.