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Athanas nitescens (Leach) (described as P dae- 
mon nitescens) , 1814. Edinb. Encyc. 7: 401. 
[Not Indo-Pacific.} 
Athanas edwardsii Audouin, 1827. Explica- 
tion sommaire des planches de Crustaces de 
l’Egypte et de la Syrie, ed. 2, vol. 22, pp. 249- 
290. Atlas Hist. Nat. vol. 2, Crustacea, pis. 
1-13. [Citation taken directly from the bibli- 
ography of Holthius. For discussion of date 
of publication, see Sherborn, C. D., 1897. 
Proc. Zool. Soc. Lond., pp. 285-288.} [Now 
Alpheus edwardsii.'] 
Athanas monoceros (Heller) (described as Al- 
pheus monoceros) , 1861. S.B. Akad. Wiss. 
Wien 44: 274; Red Sea. [Coutiere, 1899: 61, 
62, makes this a variety of A. dimorphus 
Ortmann 1894, a procedure contrary to the 
rules of zoological nomenclature.} 
Athanas mascarenicus Richters, 1880. Beitr. 
Meeresfauna der Insel Mauritius und der 
Seychellen, Decapoda, p. 164; Mauritius or 
Seychelles. [Coutiere (1896: 381) states that 
Richters’ specimen is too incompletely de- 
scribed or figured; in 1899: 33, he states this 
is a synonym of Arete dorsalis Stimpson; in 
1905: 868, he stated he could not identify it 
with certainty with any known species.} 
Athanas alpheoides Czerniawsky, 1884. Obsh- 
chestvo Ispuitatelei Prlroduc prl Imperator- 
skom Khar’kovskom Universitetye (Societe 
des Naturalistes a l’Universite Imperiale de 
Kharkow) 13: 26. [Not Indo-Pacific. Cou- 
tiere (1899: 37) states this is a juvenile.} 
Athanas transitans Czerniawsky, 1884. Trans. 
Soc. Univ. Kharkov 13: 25. [Not Indo- 
Pacific.} 
Athanas transitans longispina Czerniawsky, 
1884. Trans. Soc. Univ. Kharkov 13: 25. [Not 
Indo-Pacific.} 
Athanas velo cuius Spence Bate, 1888. Chal- 
lenger Reps. 24: 529, pi. 96, fig. 1. [Not Indo- 
Pacific.} 
Athanas dimorphus Ortmann, 1894. Denkschr. 
Med.-Naturw. Ges. Jena 8: 12, taf. 1, fig. 1; 
3 specimens from Dar es Salaam, East Africa. 
Coutiere, 1897b. Bull. Mus. Hist. Nat., 
Paris 3(7): 301. [Here Coutiere placed his 
species A. dispar in synonymy.} 
Coutiere, 1903. Bull. Soc. Philom. Paris 
IX, 5(2): 77, fig. 12; Red Sea, New Cale- 
donia. [Drawing of large chela of female.} 
Balss, 1915. Ergebn. Zool. 30: 21; 1 
specimen from the Red Sea. 
Tattersall, 1921. J. Linn. Soc. (Zool.) 
34: 371, pi. 28, figs. 23, 24; 1 specimen from 
the Red Sea. [Partial redescription.} 
Gurney, 1924. Zool. Res. Cambridge 
Exp. Suez Canal, p. 260. [Larval develop- 
ment.} 
Balss, 1927. Trans. Zool. Soc. Lond. 
22: 222; 1 female from Dar es Salaam, East 
Africa. [Record of capture.} 
Gurney, 1927. Trans. Zool. Soc. Lond. 
22: 260, fig. 63. [Larval development.} 
Kollmann, 1937. Ann. Fac. Sci. Mar- 
seille II, 10: 145, figs. 16-17. [Journal un- 
available.} 
Athanas nitescens velo cuius Coutiere, 1896. Bull. 
Mus. Hist. Nat., Paris 2: 380. [Not Indo- 
Pacific.} 
Athanas leptocheles Coutiere, 1896. Bull. Mus. 
Hist. Nat., Paris 2: 381; 1 specimen from the 
Red Sea. [Coutiere (1897: 233) stated these 
were females of species renamed A. dispar.] 
Athanas leptocheles monoceros Coutiere, 1896. 
Bull. Mus. Hist. Nat., Paris 2: 381; 4 speci- 
mens from the Red Sea. [Coutiere (1896: 
381) considered A. transitans longispina a 
synonym of this species.} 
Athanas solenomerus Coutiere, 1896- Bull. Mus. 
Hist. Nat., Paris 2: 381; 1 specimen from the 
Red Sea. [Coutiere (1897: 233) stated this 
was the male of the species he renamed A. 
dispar.] 
Athanas dispar Coutiere, 1897. Bull. Mus. Hist. 
Nat., Paris 3: 233; several specimens from 
Djibouti. [Coutiere (1897- 301) stated this 
was a synonym of A. dimorphus Ortmann.} 
Athanas dispar monoceros Coutiere, 1897. Bull. 
Mus. Hist. Nat., Paris 3: 233 (in a footnote). 
[See A. monoceros above and A. dimorphus 
monoceros below.} 
Athanas djiboutensis Coutiere, 1897. Bull. Mus. 
Hist. Nat., Paris 3: 233; 2 specimens from 
Djibouti. 
Coutiere, 1899. Ann. Sci. Nat. VIII, 
9: 62, fig. 4; p. 177, fig. 207. [Discussion of 
rostrum and chela.} 
Coutiere, 1903. Bull. Soc. Philom. Paris 
