| Attheyella yemanjae | |
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| Conservation status | |
 Conservation Dependent (IUCN 2.3) | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Copepoda |
| Order: | Harpacticoida |
| Family: | Canthocamptidae |
| Genus: | Attheyella |
| 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). It is listed as conservation dependent on the IUCN Red List. 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.
References
- ^ Reid, J.W. (1996). "Attheyella yemanjae". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 1996: e.T2380A9436147. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.1996.RLTS.T2380A9436147.en. Retrieved 15 November 2021.
- ^ J. L. W. Reid (1993). "Two new species of copepods (Copepoda: Harpacticoida: Canthocamptidae) of particular biogeographical interest from central Brazil" (PDF). Nauplius. 1. Rio Grande: 13–38. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2012-03-26.
| Taxon identifiers | |
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| Attheyella yemanjae | |
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