Aatolana schioedtei

Aatolana schioedtei
(Part of Plate XXXIII)
Scientific classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Malacostraca
Superorder: Peracarida
Order: Isopoda
Family: Cirolanidae
Genus: Aatolana
Species:
A. schioedtei
Binomial name
Aatolana schioedtei
(Miers, 1884)

Aatolana schioedtei is a species of crustaceans in the family Cirolanidae, first described by Edward J. Miers in 1884 as Cirolana schioedtei. In 1993, Bruce reassigned the species to the genus, Aatolana.

It is benthic shrimp found in tropical waters at depths of 16 m to 173 m off the coasts of Western Australia, the Northern Territory, and Queensland.

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