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Fan shrimp

Atyopsis moluccensis (De Haan, 1849)

Status not recordedcrustaceans

The fan shrimp (Atyopsis moluccensis) is a species in the family Atyidae, order Decapoda.

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Quick facts about the fan shrimp

Weight
Not recorded
Length
Not recorded
Lifespan
Not recorded
Main food
Not recorded
Habitat
Not recorded
Young per litter or clutch
Not recorded
Conservation status
Not recorded
Countries on record
Not recorded

Where does the fan shrimp live?

Not recorded

Where has it been introduced?

The Global Register of Introduced and Invasive Species lists the fan shrimp as introduced in 1 country.

  1. Malta

Introduced means brought by people and now present; invasive means the country's checklist records an impact. A species can be native to one part of a country and introduced in another. Source: Global Register of Introduced and Invasive Species (CC BY 4.0).

Is the fan shrimp endangered?

No conservation assessment is recorded for this species in our sources. That is not the same as being safe: it has not been matched to an assessment.

How is the fan shrimp classified?

  1. kingdomAnimalia
  2. phylumArthropoda
  3. classMalacostraca
  4. orderDecapoda
  5. familyAtyidae
  6. genusAtyopsis
  7. SpeciesAtyopsis moluccensis (De Haan, 1849)

Synonyms Atya armata, Atya gustavi, Atya lineolata, Atya moluccensis

Other names and names in other languages (17)
  • Asian fan shrimEnglish
  • Asian filter shrimpEnglish
  • Bamboo shrimpEnglish
  • Flower shrimpEnglish
  • Marble shrimpEnglish
  • Singapore flower shrimpEnglish
  • Wood shrimpEnglish
  • krevetka moluckáCzech
  • RadargarneleGerman
  • Crevette BambouFrench
  • アジアロックシュリンプJapanese
  • กุ้งกล้วยหอมThai
  • 摩鹿加網球蝦Chinese
  • Molukken-BergbachgarneleGerman
  • Molukken-FächergarneleGerman
  • MolukkengarneleGerman
  • 摩鹿加擬匙指蝦Chinese

Catalogue of Life

Relatives of the fan shrimp

Other species in the same genus Atyopsis.

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Common questions

Answered only where our data holds the answer.

Is the fan shrimp an invasive species?

The Global Register of Introduced and Invasive Species lists the fan shrimp as introduced in 1 country: Malta, but does not flag it as invasive in any of them.

What kind of animal is the fan shrimp?

The fan shrimp (Atyopsis moluccensis) belongs to the family Atyidae in the order Decapoda.

Sources and how to cite this page

Data as of 2026-11-14. How this page is put together.

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APA

CreatureData. (2026). Fan shrimp (Atyopsis moluccensis). Retrieved from https://creaturedata.com/animals/fan-shrimp

MLA

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BibTeX
@misc{fan_shrimp_2026,
  title = {Fan shrimp (Atyopsis moluccensis)},
  author = {{CreatureData}},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://creaturedata.com/animals/fan-shrimp},
  note = {Data as of 2026-11-14}
}