Paratya | |
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Paratya curvirostris | |
Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Malacostraca |
Order: | Decapoda |
Suborder: | Pleocyemata |
Infraorder: | Caridea |
Family: | Atyidae |
Genus: | Paratya Miers, 1882 |
Paratya is a genus of freshwater shrimp of the family Atyidae, found in various islands in the Pacific Ocean.[1] The split between the North Pacific clade (Japan ) and the South Pacific clade (New Zealand, Australia , New Caledonia, Lord Howe Island) has been estimated to have occurred 19 to 12.5 million years ago.[1]
There are 14 species recognised in the genus:[2]
Wikidata ☰ Q10813435 entry
Original source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paratya.
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