Biology:Attheyella yemanjae
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Short description: Species of crustacean
| Attheyella yemanjae | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Copepoda |
| Order: | Harpacticoida |
| Family: | Canthocamptidae |
| Genus: | Attheyella |
| Species: | A. yemanjae
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| Binomial name | |
| Attheyella yemanjae Reid, 1993
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Attheyella yemanjae is a species of copepod in the family Canthocamptidae. It is only known from the type locality, which is the Campo Úmido da Onça in Brazil's Distrito Federal ( [ ⚑ ] 15°56′40″S 47°54′20″W / 15.94444°S 47.90556°W).[2] It is listed as conservation dependent on the IUCN Red List.[1] The specific epithet yemanjae commemorates Yemanjá, the "beneficent and terrible goddess of the sea and the patroness of those who work on the waters" in Candombé mythology.[2]
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Reid, J.W. (1996). "Attheyella yemanjae". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 1996: e.T2380A9436147. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.1996.RLTS.T2380A9436147.en. https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/2380/9436147. Retrieved 15 November 2021.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 J. L. W. Reid (1993). "Two new species of copepods (Copepoda: Harpacticoida: Canthocamptidae) of particular biogeographical interest from central Brazil" (PDF). Nauplius (Rio Grande) 1: 13–38. Archived from the original on 2012-03-26. https://web.archive.org/web/20120326184322/http://www.crustacea.org.br/artigos/443__Reid_1993_NAUPLIUS_Vol_1_13-38.pdf.
Wikidata ☰ Q1617617 entry
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