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).[1] It is listed as conservation dependent on the IUCN Red List.[2] 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.[1]

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