Atyidae de Haan, 1849

Wicksten, Mary K., 2012, Decapod Crustacea of the Californian and Oregonian Zoogeographic Provinces 3371, Zootaxa 3371, pp. 1-307 : 50

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1175­5334

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scientific name

Atyidae de Haan, 1849
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Family Atyidae de Haan, 1849 View in CoL

The Atyidae are freshwater shrimps, usually found in flowing water. The fingers of the chelae end in brushes of setae, which are used to scrape food particles from rocks and sand. Although there are numerous tropical atyids, only two species have been found in California.

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Arthropoda

Class

Malacostraca

Order

Decapoda

Family

Atyidae

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Arthropoda

Class

Malacostraca

Order

Decapoda

Family

Atyidae

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