Data for selected species
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Decapoda - Caridea - Alpheidae - Athanas

Athanas djiboutensis Coutière, 1897


Distribution : Anker (2001, fasc. 2: 247) - Red Sea, Gulf of Aden (new record: Socotra, Yemen), E and SE Africa, Madagascar, Mascarenes, Seychelles, Comores, Mladives, Laccadives, Micronesia, S Japan (new record: Zanpa-jima, Okinawa), Ryukyu Islands, Taiwan, Philippines, Indonesia, Australia, (new record: Ashmore Reef, Timor Sea, Cartier Reef, Timor Sea), Western Tropical Pacific (new record: Tongatapu, Tonga), French Polynesia.

Selected Reference(s)
Athanas djiboutensis. - Nobili, G., 1907: 353. - French Polynesia
Athanas djiboutensis. - Banner, A. H. and Banner, D. M., 1967: 261. - French Polynesia
Athanas djiboutensis. - Anker, A., 2001: fasc. 2, p. 247. [Worldwide preliminary catalogue] - French Polynesia

Regional Data (French Polynesia, Pitcairn, Easter Island, Clipperton)
Distribution & Ecology: Gambier (Mangareva); Marquesas (Nuku Hiva); Society (Moorea, Tahiti); Tuamotu (Hikueru, Takapoto) - Marine; Shoreline to 10 m; Coral facultative associate (Gen. Pocillopora); Hard bottom.

Regional Records: Athanas djiboutensis - Nobili, 1907: 353 (Hikueru, "Rikitea" = Mangareva). - Boone, 1935: 119, pl. 31. ("Anaho bay" = Nuku Hiva). - A.H. & D.M. Banner, 1960: 140 (Tahiti); 1967: 261 (Society). - Naim, 1980, annex 1, tab. 3 (Moorea). - Odinetz, 1983: 208 (Moorea, Tahiti, Takapoto; in coral Pocillopora, non obligate associate). - Odinetz-Collart & Richer de Forges, 1985: 201 (Moorea and/or Tahiti, Takapoto). - Chace, 1988: 62 (Syn.). - Anker, 2001, fasc. 2: 247 (References, distribution). - Relevant Material - Athanas cf. djiboutensis - Kropp & Birkeland, 1981: 630, tab. 5 (Moorea). - Poupin, 1998: 22 (Checklist).

References : compilation of references cited in Poupin (1996, 1998, 2003) and Poupin et al. (2009) - PDF 412 Ko
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