''Atya'' is a
genus
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of
freshwater shrimp of the
family
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Atyidae
Atyidae is a family of shrimp, present in all tropical and most temperate waters of the world. Adults of this family are almost always confined to fresh water. This is the only family in the superfamily Atyoidea.
Genera and species
The followin ...
, ranging through the
Antilles
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and along the Atlantic and Pacific slopes of Central and
South America
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and in western
Africa
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. It contains the following species:
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Atya abelei''
Felgenhauer & Martin, 1983
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Atya africana
''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
Africa is the world's second-largest and secon ...
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Bouvier, 1904
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Atya brachyrhinus''
Hobbs & Hart, 1982
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Atya crassa''
(Smith, 1871)
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Atya dressleri''
Abele, 1975
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Atya gabonensis''
Giebel, 1875
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Atya innocous''
(Herbst, 1792)
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Atya intermedia''
Bouvier, 1904
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Atya lanipes''
Holthuis, 1963
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Atya limnetes''
Holthuis, 1986
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Atya margaritacea''
A. Milne-Edwards, 1874
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Atya ortmannioides
''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. It contains the following species:
*'' Atya abelei'' Fe ...
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Villalobos, 1956
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Atya scabra''
(Leach, 1815)
References
Atyidae
Freshwater crustaceans
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