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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.

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Athanas
Athanas granti
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Clade: Pancrustacea
Class: Malacostraca
Order: Decapoda
Suborder: Pleocyemata
Infraorder: Caridea
Family: Alpheidae
Genus: Athanas
Leach, 1814

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

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

Species

The following species are recognised in the genus Athanas:2

  • Athanas ahyongi Anker & Komai, 2010
  • Athanas alpheusophilus Marin, 2017
  • Athanas amazone Holthuis, 1951
  • Athanas anatidactylus Anker & Marin, 2007
  • Athanas areteformis Coutière, 1903
  • Athanas daviei Anker, 2011
  • Athanas dentirostris Anker, Jeng & Chan, 2001
  • Athanas dimorphus Ortmann, 1894
  • Athanas djiboutensis Coutière, 1897
  • Athanas esakii Kubo, 1940
  • Athanas exilis Komai & Henmi, 2023
  • 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
  • Athanas japonicus Kubo, 1936
  • Athanas jedanensis De Man, 1910
  • Athanas locincertus Banner & Banner, 1973
  • Athanas manticolus Duris & Anker, 2014
  • Athanas marshallensis Chace, 1955
  • Athanas mendax Ahyong, 2015
  • 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 philippei Anker & Ďuriš, 2022
  • Athanas phyllocheles Banner & Banner, 1983
  • Athanas polymorphus Kemp, 1915
  • Athanas rhothionastes Banner & Banner, 1960
  • Athanas shawnsmithi Anker, 2011
  • Athanas squillophilus Hayashi, 2002
  • Athanas stebbingii De Man, 1920
  • Athanas sydneyensis Anker & Ahyong, 2007
  • Athanas tenuipes De Man, 1910
References

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 (2023). "Athanas Leach, 1814". World Register of Marine Species. Retrieved June 18, 2023.