Biology:Aatolana springthorpei

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Short description: Species of crustacean

Aatolana springthorpei
Scientific classification edit
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Malacostraca
Superorder: Peracarida
Order: Isopoda
Family: Cirolanidae
Genus: Aatolana
Species:
A. springthorpei
Binomial name
Aatolana springthorpei
Keable, 1998

Lua error in Module:Mapframe at line 384: attempt to perform arithmetic on local 'lat_d' (a nil value). Aatolana springthorpei is a species of crustaceans in the family Cirolanidae, first described by Stephen John Keable in 1998.[2][1]

It is benthic shrimp found in tropical waters at depths of 200 m to 203 m[3] on the continental shelves of Queensland and New South Wales.[4] Like other species in this genus it is a scavenger.[1] The males are similar to the females, and the species is most similar to A rapax.[1]

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External links

Wikidata ☰ Q936723 entry