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Atyidae

Atyidae
Caridina japonica.jpg
Caridina multidentata
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Crustacea
Class: Malacostraca
Order: Decapoda
Infraorder: Caridea
Superfamily: Atyoidea
De Haan, 1849
Family: Atyidae
De Haan, 1849

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.

The following classification follows De Grave et al. (2010), with subsequent additions.



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