Athanas areteformis explained

Athanas areteformis is a species of small alpheid shrimp from the Indo-West Pacific.

Taxonomy

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]}

Distribution

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]

Ecology

They inhabit intertidal and subtidal areas of coral reefs, at depths of 2to.^[4] They can sometimes be found living among the spines of flower urchins (Toxopneustes pileolus), burrowing urchins (Echinometra mathaei), and collector urchins (Tripneustes gratilla).^[5]

External links

• Photos of Athanas areteformis (University of California, Berkeley)

Notes and References

1. S. De Grave. 2014. 210463 . Athanas areteformis Coutière, 1903 . November 25, 2014.
2. Henri Coutière. 1903. Note sur quelques Alpheidæ des Maldives et Laquedives. Bulletin de la Société Philomathique de Paris. 5. 9. 72 - 90.
3. Web site: Athanas areteformis. Encyclopedia of Life. November 25, 2014.
4. Book: Peter J.F. Davie. A. Wells & W.W.K. Houston. Zoological Catalogue of Australia . Crustacea: Malacostraca: Phylocarida, Hoplocarida, Eucarida (Part 1). CSIRO Publishing. 2002. 19.3A. 203. 9780643056770.
5. Andreas Kroh. 2014. 213383 . Echinometra mathaei (Blainville, 1825) . Echinoidea. November 22, 2014.