Aatolana schioedtei | |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Malacostraca |
Superorder: | Peracarida |
Order: | Isopoda |
Family: | Cirolanidae |
Genus: | Aatolana |
Species: | A. schioedtei
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Binomial name | |
Aatolana schioedtei (
Miers, 1884)
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Aatolana schioedtei is a species of crustaceans in the family Cirolanidae, first described by Edward J. Miers in 1884 as Cirolana schioedtei. [2] [3] In 1993, Bruce reassigned the species to the genus, Aatolana. [2] [4]
It is benthic shrimp found in tropical waters at depths of 16 m to 173 m [5] off the coasts of Western Australia, the Northern Territory, and Queensland. [6]