Species Athanas dimorphus Ortmann, 1894
- Athanas dimorphus Ortmann, A.E. 1894. Crustaceen. In, Semon, R. Zoologische Forshungreisen in Australien und dem Malayischen Archipel. Denkschriften der Medizinisch-Naturwissenschaftlichen Gesellschaft zu Jena 8(1): 1-80 pls 1-3 [12 pl. 1 fig. 1].
Type data:
Syntype(s) whereabouts unknown, Upanga Reef, Dar es Salaam, Tanzania. - Athanas setoensis Kubo, I. 1951. Some macrurous decapod Crustacea found in Japanese waters, with descriptions of four new species. Journal of the Tokyo University of Fisheries [formerly Journal of the Tokyo College of Fisheries] 38(2): 259-289, 16 figs [265 figs 5, 6].
Type data:
Holotype SMBL 113 ♀ (can no longer be found, see Harada, E. 1991. Inventory of zoological type specimens in the Museum of the Seto Marine Biological Laboratory. Publications of Seto Marine Biological Laboratory 35(1–3): 171–233 [204]), near Seto Marine Biological Station of Kyoto University, Seto, Hatake-zima. - Athanas dimorphus seedang Banner, A.H. & Banner, D.M. 1966. The Alpheidae shrimp of Thailand. Siam Society Monographs 3: i-v 1-168 pp. 62 figs [28 fig. 4].
Type data:
Holotype ♀, Koh Kradard, Thailand.
Paratype(s) ♂ (as allotype). - Athanas solenomerus Coutière, H. 1897. Note sur quelques genres nouveaux ou peu connus d'alphéidés, format la sous-famille des alphéopsides. Bulletin du Muséum National d'Histoire Naturelle, Paris [published 1907-1971] 2(8): 380-386 [dated 1896] [381].
Type data:
Status unknown, MNHP, Red Sea. - Athanas leptocheles Coutière, H. 1897. Note sur quelques genres nouveaux ou peu connus d'alphéidés, format la sous-famille des alphéopsides. Bulletin du Muséum National d'Histoire Naturelle, Paris [published 1907-1971] 2(8): 380-386 [dated 1896] [381].
Type data:
Status unknown, MNHP, Red Sea. - Athanas dispar Coutière, H. 1897. Note sur quelques Alphéidés nouveaux ou peu connus rapportés de Djibouti (Afrique orientale). Bulletin du Muséum National d'Histoire Naturelle, Paris [published 1907-1971] 3: 233-236 [233].
Type data:
Syntype(s) MNHP, Djibouti and El Suweis, Red Sea.
Taxonomic Decision for Synonymy
- 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, Northern Territory, Queensland, Western Australia
Extra Distribution Information
Indo-west Pacific Oceans (Red Sea and eastern Africa, Thailand, Philippines, Hong Kong, Japan, New Caledonia).
IMCRA
Timor Transition (1), Northern Shelf Province (25), Northwest Shelf Transition (26), Central Western Shelf Province (29), Southwest Shelf Transition (30), Southwest Shelf Province (31), Southeast Shelf Transition (37), Central Eastern Shelf Province (38), Central Eastern Shelf Transition (39), Northeast Shelf Province (40), Northeast Shelf Transition (41)
Ecological Descriptors
Benthic, coral reef, low intertidal, shallow subtidal.
Extra Ecological Information
Taken from coral heads, intertidal pools, amid detritus on shallow reef flats.
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 [313-316]
History of changes
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