Attheyella yemanjae
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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).[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]
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Attheyella yemanjae | |
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Scientific classification ![]() | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Copepoda |
Order: | Harpacticoida |
Family: | Canthocamptidae |
Genus: | Attheyella |
Species: | A. yemanjae |
Binomial name | |
Attheyella yemanjae Reid, 1993 | |
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