Attheyella yemanjae

Attheyella yemanjae
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Crustacea
Class: Maxillopoda
Subclass: Copepoda
Order: Harpacticoida
Family: Canthocamptidae
Genus: Attheyella
Subgenus: Delachauxiella
Species: A. yemanjae
Binomial name
Attheyella yemanjae
Reid, 1993

Attheyella yemanjae is a species of copepod in the family Canthocamptidae. It is only known from the type locality, which is the Campo Úmido da Onça in Brazil's Distrito Federal (15°56′40″S 47°54′20″W / 15.94444°S 47.90556°W / -15.94444; -47.90556).[2] It is listed as conservation dependent on the IUCN Red List.[1] The specific epithet yemanjae commemorates Yemanjá, the "beneficent and terrible goddess of the sea and the patroness of those who work on the waters" in Candombé mythology.[2]

References

  1. 1 2 J. W. Reid (1996). "Attheyella yemanjae". The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. IUCN. 1996: e.T2380A9436147. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.1996.RLTS.T2380A9436147.en. Retrieved 6 January 2018.
  2. 1 2 J. L. W. Reid (1993). "Two new species of copepods (Copepoda: Harpacticoida: Canthocamptidae) of particular biogeographical interest from central Brazil" (PDF). Nauplius. Rio Grande. 1: 13–38. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2012-03-26.


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