Athanas: taxon details and analytics
- Domain
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Phylum
- Arthropoda
- Class
- Malacostraca
- Order
- Decapoda
- Family
- Alpheidae
- Genus
- Athanas
- Species
- Scientific Name
- Athanas
Summary description from Wikipedia:
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.
Some species, including A. djiboutensis, are called "bulldozer shrimp" because of the way that they push sand and small stones about.
...Athanas in languages:
- Japanese
- ムラサキエビ属
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Parent Taxon
Sibling Taxa
- Acanthanas
- Alpheopsis
- Alpheus
- Amphibetaeus
- Arete
- Aretopsis
- Athanas
- Athanopsis
- Automate
- Bannereus
- Batella
- Bermudacaris
- Betaeopsis
- Betaeus
- Bruceopsis
- Caligoneus
- Coronalpheus
- Coutieralpheus
- Deioneus
- Fenneralpheus
- Harperalpheus
- Jengalpheops
- Leptalpheus
- Leptathanas
- Leslibetaeus
- Metabetaeus
- Metalpheus
- Mohocaris
- Nennalpheus
- Notalpheus
- Orygmalpheus
- Parabetaeus
- Pomagnathus
- Potamalpheops
- Prionalpheus
- Pseudalpheopsis
- Pseudathanas
- Pterocaris
- Racilius
- Richalpheus
- Rugathanas
- Salmoneus
- Stenalpheops
- Synalpheus
- Thuylamea
- Triacanthoneus
- Vexillipar
- Yagerocaris