| Atya lanipes | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Subphylum: | Crustacea |
| Class: | Malacostraca |
| Order: | Decapoda |
| Infraorder: | Caridea |
| Family: | Atyidae |
| Genus: | Atya |
| Species: | A. lanipes |
| Binomial name | |
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Atya lanipes Holthuis, 1963 |
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Atya lanipes (Spanish common name: gata) is a freshwater amphidromousshrimp of the Atyidae family in the Decapoda order. It is found widely in the Caribbean and is common in the Toro Negro State Forest in central Puerto Rico.