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]
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Malacostraca |
| Order: | Decapoda |
| Suborder: | Pleocyemata |
| Infraorder: | Caridea |
| Family: | Atyidae |
| Genus: | Atya |
| Species: | A. lanipes
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See also
editReferences
edit- ^ a b De Grave, S.; Alvarez, F.; Mantelatto, F.; Villalobos, J. (2016) [errata version of 2013 assessment]. "Atya lanipes". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2013: e.T197981A107023574. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2013-1.RLTS.T197981A2507620.en. Retrieved 25 July 2024.
- ^ de Mazancourt, Valentin (2022). "Atya lanipes Holthuis, 1963". WoRMS. World Register of Marine Species. Retrieved 25 July 2024.
- ^ a b Bosques de Puerto Rico: Bosque Estatal de Toro Negro. Archived 7 August 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.
- ^ D. A. Kikkert; T. A. Crowl & A. P. Covich (4–9 June 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 4 September 2013. Retrieved 3 September 2013.
- ^ "Atya lanipes (Holthuis, 1963)". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 3 September 2013.
- ^ "Caribbean Freshwater Crustaceans" (PDF). US Fish & Wildlife Service.
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