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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| Genus: | Athanas Leach, 1814 |
Some species, including Athanas djiboutensis, are called "bulldozer shrimps" 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
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References
- 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.
- Michael Türkay (2011). "Athanas Leach, 1814". World Register of Marine Species. Retrieved November 16, 2011.
- Cook Islands Biodiversity Database http://cookislands.bishopmuseum.org/species.asp?id=7027
- 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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