Atya scabra

Atya scabra
	Museum specimen of Atya scabra
Conservation status
	; Least Concern (IUCN 3.1)
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Subphylum:	Crustacea
Class:	Malacostraca
Order:	Decapoda
Infraorder:	Caridea
Family:	Atyidae
Genus:	Atya
Species:	A. scabra
Binomial name
	Atya scabra; (Leach, 1816)
Synonyms
	Atya margaritacea clavipes Holthuis, 1966; Atya margaritacea var. claviger Aurivillius, 1898; Atya mexicana Wiegmann, 1836; Atya punctata Kingsley, 1878; Atya sulcatipes Newport, 1847; Atys scaber Leach, 1816;

Atya scabra is a species of freshwater shrimp in the family Atyidae. Atya scabra can reach a length of about 89 millimetres (3.5 in) in males, while females are generally smaller, reaching about 64 mm (2.5 in).^[3] It lives on rocky bottoms in rivers connected to the Atlantic Ocean. The species is widespread from Mexico to Brazil, Cuba, Jamaica and Caribbean islands. In Africa, it occurs from Liberia to Angola, the Cape Verde Islands and the islands of the Gulf of Guinea.^[1]

References

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^ Charles Fransen (2013). "Atya scabra (Leach, 1816)". WoRMS. World Register of Marine Species. Retrieved October 21, 2013.
^ Alexandre Oliveira Almeida, Emerson Contreira Mossolin & Joaldo Rocha Luz (2010). "Reproductive biology of the freshwater shrimp Atya scabra (Leach,1815) (Crustacea: Atyidae) in Ilhéus, Bahia, Brazil" (PDF). Zoological Studies. 49 (2): 243–252.

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[2] Charles Fransen (2013). "Atya scabra (Leach, 1816)". WoRMS. World Register of Marine Species. Retrieved October 21, 2013.

[3] Alexandre Oliveira Almeida, Emerson Contreira Mossolin & Joaldo Rocha Luz (2010). "Reproductive biology of the freshwater shrimp Atya scabra (Leach,1815) (Crustacea: Atyidae) in Ilhéus, Bahia, Brazil" (PDF). Zoological Studies. 49 (2): 243–252.

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