Atya lanipes

Atya lanipes
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Crustacea
Class: Malacostraca
Order: Decapoda
Infraorder: Caridea
Family: Atyidae
Genus: Atya
Species: A. lanipes
Binomial name
Atya lanipes
Holthuis, 1963[2]

Atya lanipes (Spanish common name: gata[3]) is a freshwater amphidromous[4] shrimp of the Atyidae family in the Decapoda order.[5] It is found widely in the Caribbean[1] and is common in the Toro Negro State Forest in central Puerto Rico.[3]

References

  1. 1 2 S. De Grave, J. Villalobos, F. Mantellato & F. Alvarez (2013). "Atya lanipes". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2016.1. International Union for Conservation of Nature. Retrieved 12 April 2016.
  2. Charles Fransen (2013). "Atya lanipes Holthuis, 1963". World Register of Marine Species. Retrieved 3 September 2013.
  3. 1 2 Bosques de Puerto Rico: Bosque Estatal de Toro Negro. Hojas de Nuestro Ambiente. July 2008. [Publication/Issue: P-030] Puerto Rico Department of Natural and Environmental Resources. Retrieved 27 August 2013.
  4. D. A. Kikkert, T. A. Crowl & A. P. Covich (June 4–9, 2006). Physical and chemical factors affecting the upstream migration of amphidromous shrimp in the Luquillo Experimental Forest, Puerto Rico. NABS 54th Annual Meeting. Anchorage, Alaska: Society for Freshwater Science. Retrieved 3 September 2013. Check date values in: |year= / |date= mismatch (help)
  5. "Atya lanipes (Holthuis, 1963)". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 3 September 2013.
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