Aatolana springthorpei
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| Aatolana springthorpei | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Malacostraca |
| Order: | Isopoda |
| Family: | Cirolanidae |
| Genus: | Aatolana |
| Species: | A. springthorpei |
| Binomial name | |
| Aatolana springthorpei Keable, 1998 | |
Holotype site: off Fitzroy Reef, QLD'"`UNIQ--ref-00000006-QINU`"'
Aatolana springthorpei is a species of crustaceans in the family Cirolanidae, first described by Stephen John Keable in 1998.[1][2]
It is a benthic shrimp found in tropical waters at depths of 200 m to 203 m[3] on the continental shelves of Queensland and New South Wales.[4] Like other species in this genus it is a scavenger.[2] The males are similar to the females, and the species is most similar to A. rapax.[2]
