Tags: Crustacean.

Atya gabonensis (vampire shrimp) is a species of freshwater shrimp from West Africa and South America. It is an omnivorous filter feeder that uses feather-like claspers to filter particles from the water. It can grow to 6 inches (150 mm).

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class
Malacostraca
family
Atyidae
genus
Atya
kingdom
Animal
order
Decapoda, Caridea
phylum
Arthropod, Crustacean
synonym
*Atya sculptata (Ortmann 1890), *Euatya sculptilis (Koelbel 1884)

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