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]

Athanas
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Subphylum:	Crustacea
Class:	Malacostraca
Order:	Decapoda
Family:	Alpheidae
Genus:	Athanas Leach, 1814

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

1. 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.
2. Michael Türkay (2011). "Athanas Leach, 1814". World Register of Marine Species. Retrieved November 16, 2011.
3. Cook Islands Biodiversity Database http://cookislands.bishopmuseum.org/species.asp?id=7027
4. 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.