Athanas
Sign in to saveAthanas is a genus of shrimp of the family Alpheidae. These are small shrimp measuring 2 cm in length. Females have smaller chelae than males.
Taxonomy · GBIF
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GENUS
- KingdomAnimalia
- PhylumArthropoda
- ClassMalacostraca
- OrderDecapoda
- FamilyAlpheidae
Observations3,302
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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.