Species Athanas areteformis Coutière, 1903
- Athanas areteformis Coutière, H. 1903. Note sur quelques Alpheidae des Maldives et Laquedives. Bulletin de la Société Philomathique de Paris 5(9): 72-90, 38 figs [79 figs 17, 18].
Type data:
Syntype(s) MNHP ♂ ♀ (probable depository institution), Maldive Islands: Naifaro Reef and Hulule Male Atoll. - Athanas naifaroensis Coutière, H. 1903. Note sur quelques Alpheidae des Maldives et Laquedives. Bulletin de la Société Philomathique de Paris 5(9): 72-90, 38 figs [77(6) figs 14-16].
Type data:
Syntype(s) MNHP 7♀ (probable depository institution), Maldive Islands: Naifaro Reef and Hulule Male Atoll. - Athanas dubius Banner, A.H. 1956. Contributions to the knowledge of the Alpheid shrimp of the Pacific Ocean. Part I. Collections from the Mariana Archipelago. Pacific Science 10(3): 318-378 23 figs [322 fig. 2].
Type data:
Holotype USNM ♀, Saipan.
Paratype(s) USNM ♂; USNM 7 specimens. - Athanas erythraeus Ramadan, M.M. 1936. Report on a collection of Stomatopoda and Decapoda from Ghardaga, Red Sea. Bulletin of the Faculty of Science, Egyptian University 6: 1-43 pls 1-2 [13 pl. 1 fig. 1].
Type data:
Status unknown, whereabouts unknown, Hurghada, Egypt.
Taxonomic Decision for Synonymy
- Banner, A.H. & Banner, D.M. 1960. Contributions to the knowledge of the alpheid shrimp of the Pacific Ocean, Part V: The Indo-Pacific members of the genus Athanas. Pacific Science 14(2): 129-155, figs 1-6 [138]
- Chace, F.A., Jr 1988. The Caridean Shrimps (Crustacea: Decapoda) of the Albatross Philippine Expedition, 1907–1910, Part 5: Family Alpheidae. Smithsonian Contributions to Zoology No. 466: 1-99 [61]
Distribution
States
New South Wales, Queensland
Extra Distribution Information
Indo-west central Pacific Oceans (South Africa to Philippines, Marshall Islands, Fiji, Tonga, Samoa, and Society Islands).
IMCRA
Southeast Transition (11), Central Eastern Province (12), Tasman Basin Province (13), Central Eastern Shelf Transition (39), Northeast Shelf Province (40), Northeast Shelf Transition (41)
Ecological Descriptors
Benthic, coral reef, low intertidal, reef flat, subtidal.
Extra Ecological Information
Collected in dead coral heads.
General References
Banner, D.M. & Banner, A.H. 1973. The alpheid shrimp of Australia. Part I: The lower genera. Records of the Australian Museum 28(15): 291-382 figs 1-19 [304] (Australian records)
History of changes
| Published | As part of group | Action Date | Action Type | Compiler(s) |
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| 22-Jul-2013 | 02-Jul-2014 | MODIFIED | ||
| 10-May-2012 | 10-May-2012 | MODIFIED | ||
| 12-Feb-2010 | (import) |