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Athanas
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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.

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11 branches of this genus, most-observed first

Hooded Shrimp

speciesAthanas nitescens

Athanas granti

speciesAthanas granti

Athanas japonicus

speciesAthanas japonicus

Athanas dimorphus

speciesAthanas dimorphus

Athanas jedanensis

speciesAthanas jedanensis

Athanas parvus

speciesAthanas parvus

Athanas ornithorhynchus

speciesAthanas ornithorhynchus

Athanas djiboutensis

speciesAthanas djiboutensis

Athanas polymorphus

speciesAthanas polymorphus

Athanas minikoensis

speciesAthanas minikoensis

Athanas mendax

speciesAthanas mendax

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Where it lives

Recorded sightings

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geo-referenced records in GBIF, from museums, herbaria and field observers.

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In the old herbals & bestiaries

Athanas in Noah's Ark

Noah's Ark

Athanasius Kircher · 1675 · p.100

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This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 355683.