Athanas nitescens
creator: Türkay, Michael
creator: Fransen, Charles
creator: De Grave, Sammy
date: 2026-08-30
language: en
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publisher: World Register of Marine Species (WoRMS)
relation: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php
subject: Athanas nitescens (Leach, 1814)
type: ScientificName
bibliographic citation: DecaNet eds. (2026). DecaNet. Athanas nitescens (Leach, 1814). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=107486 on 2026-08-30
created: 2004-12-21T16:54:05Z
modified: 2022-05-13T10:15:22Z
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rights holder: WoRMS Editorial Board
scientific name: Athanas nitescens (Leach, 1814)
class: Malacostraca
family: Alpheidae
genus: Athanas
kingdom: Animalia
name published in: Bate, C. S. (1888). Report on the Crustacea Macrura collected by the Challenger during the years 1873–76. Report on the Scientific Results of the Voyage of H.M.S. Challenger During the Years 1873–76. Zoology. 24 (part 52): i–xc, 1–942, pls. 1–150.
name published in: Czerniavsky, V. (1884). Materialia ad Zoographiam Ponticam Comparatam. Fasc II. Crustacea Decapoda Pontica Littoralia. Supplement XIII: 1-268, pls. 1-7 [In Russian and Latin].
name published in: Heller, C. (1862). Beiträge zur näheren Kenntnis der Macrouren. Sitzungsberichte der mathematisch­naturwissenschaftlichen Classe der Kaiserlichen Akademie der Wissenschaften in Wien. 389-­426, pls 1-2.
name published in: Leach, W.E. (1813 - 1815). Crustaceology. In: Brewster, D. (ed.), The Edinburgh Encyclopaedia. Balfour, Edinburgh, vol. 7(1): 383–384 [1813], 7(2): 385–437, 765–766 [1814], 9(1): pl. CCXXI [1815]. :383-437.
name published in: Nardo, G.D. (1847). Sinonimia Moderna delle Specie Regisrate nell'Opera Intitolata: Descrizione de'Crostacei, de'Testacei e de'Pesci che Abitano le Lagune e Golfo Veneto Rappressentati in Figure, a Chiaro-scuro ed a Colori dall'Abate Stefano Chiereghini Ven. Clodiense. Antonelli: Venezia. [According to Carlo Froglia, the Prospetto and the Sinonimia were published simultaneously; the Sinonimia is here considered to have priority.].
name published in: Risso, A. (1816). Histoire Naturelle des Crustacés des Environs de Nice. [Histoire Naturelle des Crustacés des Environs de Nice.]. Librairie Grecque­-Latine-Allemande, Paris. 175 pp., pls. 1-3.
name published in year: 1888
name published in year: 1884
name published in year: 1862
name published in year: 1813 - 1815
name published in year: 1847
name published in year: 1816
order: Decapoda
parent name usage ID: 106979
phylum: Arthropoda
scientific name authorship: (Leach, 1814)
specific epithet: nitescens
taxon rank: Species
taxonomic status: accepted