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Athanas Leach, 1814

Athanas nitescens
Athanas nitescens

106979  (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:106979)

  1. Biota
  2. Animalia (Kingdom)
  3. Arthropoda (Phylum)
  4. Crustacea (Subphylum)
  5. Multicrustacea (Superclass)
  6. Malacostraca (Class)
  7. Eumalacostraca (Subclass)
  8. Eucarida (Superorder)
  9. Decapoda (Order)
  10. Pleocyemata (Suborder)
  11. Caridea (Infraorder)
  12. Alpheoidea (Superfamily)
  13. Alpheidae (Family)
  14. Athanas (Genus)
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  1. Species Athanas acudactylus Komai & Henmi, 2025
  2. Species Athanas ahyongi Anker & Komai, 2010
  3. Species Athanas alpheusophilus Marin, 2017
  4. Species Athanas amazone Holthuis, 1951
  5. Species Athanas anatidactylus Anker & Marin, 2007
  6. Species Athanas areteformis Coutière, 1903
  7. Species Athanas claereboudti Anker, 2023
  8. Species Athanas daviei Anker, 2011
  9. Species Athanas dentirostris Anker, Jeng & Chan, 2001
  10. Species Athanas dimorphus Ortmann, 1894
  11. Species Athanas djiboutensis Coutière, 1897
  12. Species Athanas esakii Kubo, 1940
  13. Species Athanas exilis Komai & Henmi, 2023
  14. Species Athanas gracilipes Banner & Banner, 1978
  15. Species Athanas gracilis Boone, 1935
  16. Species Athanas granti Coutière, 1908
  17. Species Athanas grimaldii Coutière, 1911
  18. Species Athanas hasswelli Coutière, 1908
  19. Species Athanas hongkongensis Bruce, 1990
  20. Species Athanas iranicus Anker, Naderloo & Marin, 2010
  21. Species Athanas ivoiriensis Anker & Ahyong, 2007
  22. Species Athanas japonicus Kubo, 1936
  23. Species Athanas jedanensis De Man, 1910
  24. Species Athanas locincertus Banner & Banner, 1973
  25. Species Athanas manticolus Duris & Anker, 2014
  26. Species Athanas marshallensis Chace, 1955
  27. Species Athanas mendax Ahyong, 2015
  28. Species Athanas minikoensis Coutière, 1903
  29. Species Athanas naga Banner & Banner, 1966
  30. Species Athanas nitescens (Leach, 1814)
  31. Species Athanas nouvelae Holthuis, 1951
  32. Species Athanas ohsimai Yokoya, 1936
  33. Species Athanas orientalis Pearson, 1905
  34. Species Athanas ornithorhynchus Banner & Banner, 1973
  35. Species Athanas parvus De Man, 1910
  36. Species Athanas philippei Anker & Ďuriš, 2022
  37. Species Athanas phyllocheles Banner & Banner, 1983
  38. Species Athanas polymorphus Kemp, 1915
  39. Species Athanas rhothionastes Banner & Banner, 1960
  40. Species Athanas shawnsmithi Anker, 2011
  41. Species Athanas squillophilus Hayashi, 2002
  42. Species Athanas stebbingii De Man, 1920
  43. Species Athanas sydneyensis Anker & Ahyong, 2007
  44. Species Athanas tenuipes De Man, 1910
  45. Species Athanas acanthocarpus Miya & Miyake, 1968 accepted as Arete acanthocarpus (Miya & Miyake, 1968) (unaccepted > superseded combination)
  46. Species Athanas alpheoides Czerniavsky, 1884 accepted as Athanas nitescens (Leach, 1814) (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
  47. Species Athanas amazonae Holthuis, 1951 accepted as Athanas amazone Holthuis, 1951 (unaccepted > misspelling - incorrect subsequent spelling)
  48. Species Athanas arabicus Afzal, Javed & Barkati, 1986 (unaccepted > nomen nudum)
  49. Species Athanas borradailei (Coutière, 1903) accepted as Rugathanas borradailei (Coutière, 1903) (unaccepted > superseded combination)
  50. Species Athanas crosslandi Tattersall, 1921 accepted as Athanas areteformis Coutière, 1903 (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
  51. Species Athanas dispar Coutière, 1897 accepted as Athanas dimorphus Ortmann, 1894 (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
  52. Species Athanas dorsalis (Stimpson, 1860) accepted as Arete dorsalis Stimpson, 1860 (unaccepted > superseded combination)
  53. Species Athanas dubius Banner, 1956 accepted as Athanas areteformis Coutière, 1903 (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
  54. Species Athanas edwarsii Audouin, 1826 accepted as Alpheus edwardsii (Audouin, 1826) (unaccepted > misspelling - incorrect original spelling, lapsus for Athanas Edwardsii, justified emendation in Audouin, 1827)
  55. Species Athanas erythraeus Ramadan, 1936 accepted as Athanas areteformis Coutière, 1903 (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
  56. Species Athanas ghardaqensis Ramadan, 1936 accepted as Rugathanas borradailei (Coutière, 1903) (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
  57. Species Athanas indicus (Coutière, 1903) accepted as Arete indicus Coutière, 1903 (unaccepted > superseded combination)
  58. Species Athanas kominatoensis Kubo, 1942 accepted as Arete indicus Coutière, 1903 (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
  59. Species Athanas lamellifer Kubo, 1940 accepted as Athanas japonicus Kubo, 1936 (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
  60. Species Athanas leptocheles Coutière, 1897 accepted as Athanas dimorphus Ortmann, 1894 (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
  61. Species Athanas mascarenicus Richters, 1880 accepted as Arete dorsalis Stimpson, 1860 (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
  62. Species Athanas naifaroensis Coutière, 1903 accepted as Athanas areteformis Coutière, 1903 (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
  63. Species Athanas ortmanni Rankin, 1898 accepted as Salmoneus ortmanni (Rankin, 1898) (unaccepted > superseded combination)
  64. Species Athanas polynesia Banner & Banner, 1966 accepted as Rugathanas borradailei (Coutière, 1903) (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
  65. Species Athanas setoensis Kubo, 1951 accepted as Athanas dimorphus Ortmann, 1894 (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
  66. Species Athanas sibogae De Man, 1910 accepted as Athanas parvus De Man, 1910 (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
  67. Species Athanas solenomerus Coutière, 1897 accepted as Athanas dimorphus Ortmann, 1894 (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
  68. Species Athanas sulcatipes Borradaile, 1899 accepted as Athanas djiboutensis Coutière, 1897 (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
  69. Species Athanas veloculus Spence Bate, 1888 accepted as Athanas nitescens (Leach, 1814) (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
  70. Species Athanas verrucosus Banner & Banner, 1960 accepted as Rugathanas verrucosus (Banner & Banner, 1960) (unaccepted > superseded combination)
  71. Species Athanas transitans Czerniavsky, 1884 (uncertain > taxon inquirendum)
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
recent only
Leach, W.E. (1813-1815). Crustaceology. In: Brewster, D. (ed.), The Edinburgh Encyclopaedia. Balfour, Edinburgh, vol. 7(1): 383–384 [1813], 7(2): 385–437, 765–766 [1814], 9(1): pl. CCXXI [1815]. , available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/37187640 [details] OpenAccess publication
DecaNet eds. (2025). DecaNet. Athanas Leach, 1814. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=106979 on 2025-04-15
Date
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2004-12-21 15:54:05Z
created
Türkay, Michael
2011-11-28 09:49:18Z
changed
Fransen, Charles
2020-05-22 11:43:31Z
changed
De Grave, Sammy
2022-05-13 08:15:22Z
changed
De Grave, Sammy
2025-01-10 10:48:44Z
changed
De Grave, Sammy

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Nomenclature

original description Leach, W.E. (1813-1815). Crustaceology. In: Brewster, D. (ed.), The Edinburgh Encyclopaedia. Balfour, Edinburgh, vol. 7(1): 383–384 [1813], 7(2): 385–437, 765–766 [1814], 9(1): pl. CCXXI [1815]. , available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/37187640 [details] OpenAccess publication

basis of record Türkay, M. (2001). Decapoda, in: Costello, M.J. et al. (Ed.) (2001). European register of marine species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. Collection Patrimoines Naturels, 50: pp. 284-292 (look up in IMIS) [details] 

Other

additional source Barnard, K.H. (1950). Descriptive catalogue of South African decapod Crustacea (crabs and shrimps). Annals of the South African Museum. 38: 1-837. (look up in IMIS) [details] Available for editors  PDF available [request]

additional source De Grave, S.; Fransen, C.H.J.M. (2011). Carideorum catalogus: the recent species of the dendrobranchiate, stenopodidean, procarididean and caridean shrimps (Crustacea: Decapoda). Zoologische Mededelingen, Leiden. 85(9): 195-589. (look up in IMIS) [details] OpenAccess publication

additional source Anker, A. & M.-S. Jeng, 2007. Establishment of a new genus for Arete borradailei Coutière, 1903 and Athanas verrucosus Banner and Banner, 1960, with redefinitions of Arete Stimpson, 1860 and Athanas Leach, 1814 (Crustacea: Decapoda: Alpheidae).— Zoological Studies 46: 454-472. [details] 

additional source d'Udekem d'Acoz, C. (1999). Inventory and distribution of the decapod crustaceans from the northeastern Atlantic, the Mediterranean and the adjacent continental waters north of 25°N. Collection Patrimoines Naturels, 40. Muséum national d'Histoire naturelle. Paris. ISBN 2-86515-114-10. X, 383 pp. (look up in IMIS) [details] 

 
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Athanas nitescens
Athanas nitescens
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Athanas nitescens (Leach, 1814)
Athanas nitescens (Leach, 1814)
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