Athanas sydneyensis
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| Athanas sydneyensis | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Malacostraca |
| Order: | Decapoda |
| Suborder: | Pleocyemata |
| Infraorder: | Caridea |
| Family: | Alpheidae |
| Genus: | Athanas |
| Species: | A. sydneyensis |
| Binomial name | |
| Athanas sydneyensis Anker & Ahyong, 2007 | |
Holotype site - Hawkesbury River (AM P62764,'"`UNIQ--ref-00000007-QINU`"'
Athanas sydneyensis is a species of small alpheid shrimp.
Athanas sydneyensis belongs to the genus Athanas of the snapping shrimp family Alpheidae. It was first described in 2007 by Arthur Anker and Shane Ahyong.[1][2]
It has been found only midstream of the Hawkesbury River in the muddy-sand substrate at a depth of 10 metres.[3]
