Athanas

Life-forms

Superregnum: Eukaryota
Cladus: Unikonta
Cladus: Opisthokonta
Cladus: Holozoa
Regnum: Animalia
Subregnum: Eumetazoa
Cladus: Bilateria
Cladus: Nephrozoa
Cladus: Protostomia
Cladus: Ecdysozoa
Cladus: Panarthropoda
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Crustacea
Superclassis: Multicrustacea
Classis: Malacostraca
Subclassis: Eumalacostraca
Superordo: Eucarida
Ordo: Decapoda
Subordo: Pleocyemata
Infraordo: Caridea
Superfamilia: Alpheoidea

Familia: Alpheidae
Genus: Athanas
Species: A. ahyongi – A. alpheusophilus – A. amazone – A. anatidactylus – A. areteformis – A. dentirostris – A. dimorphus – A. djiboutensis – A. gracilipes – A. gracilis – A. granti – A. grimaldii – A. hasswelli – A. hongkongensis – A. iranicus – A. ivoiriensis – A. japonicus – A. jedanensis – A. locincertus – A. marshallensis – A. minikoensis – A. naga – A. nitescens – A. nouvelae – A. ohsimai – A. orientalis – A. ornithorhynchus – A. parvus – A. phyllocheles – A. polymorphus – A. rhothionastes – A. squillophilus – A. stebbingii – A. sydneyensis – A. tenuipes

Add (1): A. manticolus
Name

Athanas Leach, 1814

References

Leach W.E., 1813–1814: Crustaceology. In: Brewsler D. (ed.) The Edinburgh Encyclopaedia, 7: 383–437.

Anker, A. 2011: Four new infaunal decapod crustaceans (Caridea: Alpheidae and Gebiidea: Axianassidae) from Lizard Island, Australia, one of them also occurring in Moorea, French Polynesia. Zootaxa, 2734: 1–22. Preview
Anker, A.; Komai, T. 2010: Description of a new species of Athanas Leach, 1814 (Crustacea: Decapoda: Alpheidae) from Madagascar and Japan. Zootaxa, 2680: 45–54. Preview
Anker, A.; Naderloo, R.; Marin, I. 2010: On a new species of the shrimp genus Athanas Leach, 1814 (Crustacea, Decapoda, Alpheidae) from Iran. Pp. 53-60 in De Grave, S.; Fransen, C.H.J.M. (eds.): Contributions to shrimp taxonomy. Zootaxa, 2372: 1–414. Preview
Marin, I. 2017. Athanas alpheusophilus sp. nov. (Decapoda: Alpheidae)—a new Alpheus-associated shrimp from the Russian coast of the Sea of Japan. Zootaxa 4324(1): 50–62. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4324.1.3. Reference page.

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

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

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.