Atyidae

Taxobox

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image_caption = "Caridina multidentata"
name = Atyidae
regnum = Animalia
phylum = Arthropoda
subphylum = Crustacea
classis = Malacostraca
ordo = Decapoda
subordo = Pleocyemata
infraordo = Caridea
superfamilia = Atyoidea
superfamilia_authority = De Haan, 1849
familia = Atyidae
familia_authority = De Haan, 1849
subdivision_ranks = Subfamilies & Genera
subdivision = See text.

Atyidae is a family of Caridean atyid 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.

Genera and species

* Subfamily Atyinae
** Genus "Atya" ("Atyoida", "Atya")
** Genus "Atyopsis"
** Genus "Caridina"
** Genus "Neocaridina"
* Subfamily Caridellinae
** Genus "Halocaridina"
** Genus "Pycnisia"
* Subfamily Paratyinae
** Genus "Atyaephyra"
** Genus "Paratya"
** Genus "Troglocaris"
* Subfamily Typhlatyinae
** Genus "Typhlatya"
*incertae sedis
**"Antecaridina"
**"Atyopsis"
**"Edoneus"
**"Haminaea"
**"Jolivetya"
**"Kalriana"
**"Paracaridina"
**"Syncaris"
***"Syncaris pacifica"