Athanas

Athanas is a genus of shrimp of the family Alpheidae. These are small shrimp measuring 2 cm in length. Females have smaller chelae than males.[1]

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Athanas

Leach, 1814

Some species, including A. djiboutensis, are called "bulldozer shrimp" because of the way that they push sand and small stones about.

Species

This is a list of species in the genus Athanas:[2]

  • Athanas amazone Holthuis, 1951
  • Athanas anatidactylus Anker & Marin, 2007
  • Athanas areteformis Coutière, 1903
  • Athanas dentirostris Anker, Jeng & Chan, 2001
  • Athanas dimorphus Ortmann, 1894
  • Athanas djiboutensis Coutière, 1897[3]
  • Athanas gracilipes Banner & Banner, 1978
  • Athanas gracilis Boone, 1935
  • Athanas granti Coutière, 1908
  • Athanas grimaldii Coutière, 1911
  • Athanas hasswelli Coutière, 1908
  • Athanas hongkongensis Bruce, 1990
  • Athanas iranicus Anker, Naderloo & Marin, 2010
  • Athanas ivoiriensis Anker & Ahyong, 2007[4]
  • Athanas japonicus Kubo, 1936
  • Athanas jedanensis De Man, 1910
  • Athanas locincertus Banner & Banner, 1973
  • Athanas marshallensis Chace, 1955
  • Athanas minikoensis Coutière, 1903
  • Athanas naga Banner & Banner, 1966
  • Athanas nitescens (Leach, 1814)
  • Athanas nouvelae Holthuis, 1951
  • Athanas ohsimai Yokoya, 1936
  • Athanas orientalis Pearson, 1905
  • Athanas ornithorhynchus Banner & Banner, 1973
  • Athanas parvus De Man, 1910
  • Athanas phyllocheles Banner & Banner, 1983
  • Athanas polymorphus Kemp, 1915
  • Athanas rhothionastes Banner & Banner, 1960
  • Athanas squillophilus Hayashi, 2002
  • Athanas stebbingii De Man, 1920
  • Athanas sydneyensis Anker & Ahyong, 2007[4]
  • Athanas tenuipes De Man, 1910

References

  1. S. J. Rowley (July 22, 2005). "Athanas nitescens, hooded shrimp". Marine Life Information Network: Biology and Sensitivity Key Information Sub-programme. Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom.
  2. Michael Türkay (2011). "Athanas Leach, 1814". World Register of Marine Species. Retrieved November 16, 2011.
  3. Cook Islands Biodiversity Database http://cookislands.bishopmuseum.org/species.asp?id=7027
  4. Anker, A. & Ahyong, S.T. (2007). "Description of two species in the alpheid shrimp genus Athanas Leach, 1814, with remarks on A. amazone Holthuis, 1951 (Decapoda, Caridea)." Zootaxa 1563: 17-30.


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