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Decapoda - Caridea - Alpheidae - Athanopsis

Athanopsis saurus Anker, 2011

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World Distribution
(Anker, 2011, Zootaxa) - EA, Lizard Island, Great Barrier Reef off Queensland, Australia. Sand flat 1 m. Also New Caledonia.

Environnement : Marine - Substrat/Association : Soft bottom (mud or sand)

Vertical range : Intertidal - Min-Max observed: 0-1 m

New Caledonia data
Athanopsis saurus - Chow et al. 2021 (Evolution, Supplementary documents, table S1) - New Caledonia, Voucher ID MNHN-IU-2018-978. - Anker, 2023 (Zootaxa): 195, photo, fig. 9, New Caledonia, Comparative material. Athanopsis saurus Anker, 2011: 1 female (cl 3.6 mm), MNHN-2018-571, New Caledonia, Koumac, Pointe Pandop, Expedition Koumac 2.1 sta. KM601, 20°35’S / 164°16.5’E, partly exposed sand-mud intertidal with coral rubble fragments, depth 0–0.2 m, suction pump, in echiuran burrow, leg. A. Anker, 08.09.2018; 1 female (cl 5.0 mm), MNHN-2018-1012, New Caledonia, Saint-Mathieu, Expedition Koumac 2.1 Miscellanea sta. KM606, 20°22.8’S / 164°35’E, shallow sandflat with sparse seagrass near Pouébo river estuary and mangroves, depth 0–0.5 m, suction pump, in echiuran burrow, leg. A. Anker & Z. Duriš, 18.09.2018; 1 ovig. female (cl 4.9 mm), MNHN-2018-978, same collection data as for previous specimen; 1 male (cl 4.3 mm), MNHNIU-2018-974, same collection data as for previous specimens.

References : PDF list, 214 pp (1.4 Mo)

This species in Worms Database