Biology:Athanas areteformis
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Malacostraca |
| Order: | Decapoda |
| Suborder: | Pleocyemata |
| Infraorder: | Caridea |
| Family: | Alpheidae |
| Genus: | Athanas |
| Species: | A. areteformis
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| Athanas areteformis Coutière, 1903
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Athanas areteformis is a species of small alpheid shrimp from the Indo-West Pacific.
Taxonomy
Athanas areteformis belongs to the genus Athanas of the snapping shrimp family Alpheidae. It was first described in 1903 by the French carcinologist Henri Coutière.[1][2]
Distribution
Athanas areteformis has an Indo-West Pacific distribution. They can be found in South Africa , the Red Sea, Réunion, Maldives, the Philippines , Saipan, Australia , the Marshall Islands, Fiji, Tonga, Samoa, and the Society Islands.[3][4]
Ecology
They inhabit intertidal and subtidal areas of coral reefs, at depths of 2 to 28 m (7 to 92 ft).[3] They can sometimes be found living among the spines of flower urchins (Toxopneustes pileolus), burrowing urchins (Echinometra mathaei), and collector urchins (Tripneustes gratilla).[5]
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 S. De Grave (2014). "Athanas areteformis Coutière, 1903". WoRMS. World Register of Marine Species. http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=210463.
- ↑ Henri Coutière (1903). "Note sur quelques Alpheidæ des Maldives et Laquedives". Bulletin de la Société Philomathique de Paris 5 (9): 72–90. https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/31966939#page/81/mode/1up.
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 Peter J.F. Davie (2002). "Crustacea: Malacostraca: Phylocarida, Hoplocarida, Eucarida (Part 1)". in A. Wells & W.W.K. Houston. Zoological Catalogue of Australia. 19.3A. CSIRO Publishing. p. 203. ISBN 9780643056770.
- ↑ "Athanas areteformis". Encyclopedia of Life. http://eol.org/pages/2984170/hierarchy_entries/56515418/overview.
- ↑ Andreas Kroh (2014). "Echinometra mathaei (Blainville, 1825)". World Echinoidea Database. World Register of Marine Species. http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=213383.
External links
- Photos of Athanas areteformis (University of California, Berkeley)
Wikidata ☰ Q13402251 entry
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