Paratya

Short description: Genus of crustaceans

Paratya

File:Paratya curvirostris in Henderson (2).jpg
Paratya curvirostris
Scientific classification
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]

## Species

There are 14 species recognised in the genus:[2]

* Paratya annamensis Balss, 1924
* Paratya australiensis Kemp, 1917
* Paratya boninensis Satake & Cai, 2005
* Paratya borealis Volk, 1938
* Paratya bouvieri Roux, 1926
* Paratya caledonica Roux, 1926
* Paratya compressa (De Haan, 1844)
* Paratya curvirostris (Heller, 1862)
* Paratya howensis Roux, 1926
* Paratya improvisa Kemp, 1917
* Paratya intermedia Roux, 1926
* Paratya martensi Roux, 1925
* Paratya norfolkensis Kemp, 1917
* Paratya typa Roux, 1926

## References

1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 Timothy J. Page; Andrew M. Baker; Benjamin D. Cook; Jane M. Hughes (2005). "Historical transoceanic dispersal of a freshwater shrimp: the colonization of the South Pacific by the genus Paratya (Atyidae)". Journal of Biogeography 32 (4): 581–593. doi:10.1111/j.1365-2699.2004.01226.x. http://decapoda.nhm.org/pdfs/20894/20894.pdf.
2. ↑ Charles Fransen (2011). "Paratya Miers, 1882". WoRMS. World Register of Marine Species. http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=586649.

## External links

Wikidata ☰ Q10813435 entry

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