Atya lanipes

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] It is also known as jonga and in some places people refer to it as "guábara” or “chágara”.[6]

Atya lanipes

Least Concern  (IUCN 3.1)[1]
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

See also

References
  1. S. De Grave; J. Villalobos; F. Mantellato & F. Alvarez (2013). "Atya lanipes". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2013: e.T197981A107023574. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2013-1.RLTS.T197981A2507620.en.{{cite iucn}}: error: |doi= / |page= mismatch (help)
  2. Charles Fransen (2013). "Atya lanipes Holthuis, 1963". WoRMS. World Register of Marine Species. Retrieved 3 September 2013.
  3. Bosques de Puerto Rico: Bosque Estatal de Toro Negro. Archived August 7, 2015, at the Wayback Machine 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. Archived from the original on September 4, 2013. Retrieved 3 September 2013.
  5. "Atya lanipes (Holthuis, 1963)". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 3 September 2013.
  6. "Caribbean Freshwater Crustaceans" (PDF). US Fish & Wildlife Service. US Fish & Wildlife Service.


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