Athanas areteformis | |
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Scientific classification ![]() | |
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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Binomial name | |
Athanas areteformis Coutière, 1903
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Athanas areteformis is a species of small alpheid shrimp from the Indo-West Pacific.
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]
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]
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]