Atyidae Explained

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 following classification follows De Grave et al. (2010),[1] with subsequent additions.[2] [3]

Notes and References

  1. . 2009 . Suppl. 21 . 1–109 . A classification of living and fossil genera of decapod crustaceans . Sammy De Grave . N. Dean Pentcheff . Shane T. Ahyong . etal . 2010-02-10 . 2011-06-06 . https://web.archive.org/web/20110606064728/http://rmbr.nus.edu.sg/rbz/biblio/s21/s21rbz1-109.pdf . dead .
  2. Yixiong Cai . 2010 . Atydina, a new genus for Caridina atyoides Nobili, 1900, from Indonesia (Crustacea: Decapoda: Atyidae) . . 2372 . 75–79 . PDF excerpt.
  3. Jasmine Richard, Sammy De Grave & Paul F. Clark . 2012 . A new atyid genus and species from Madagascar (Crustacea: Decapoda: Caridea) . . 3162 . 31–38 . PDF excerpt. 10.11646/zootaxa.3162.1.2 .