Attheyella yemanjae

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]

Attheyella yemanjae
Conservation status
Conservation Dependent  (IUCN 2.3)[1]
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Copepoda
Order:	Harpacticoida
Family:	Canthocamptidae
Genus:	Attheyella
Species:	A. yemanjae
Binomial name
Attheyella yemanjae Reid, 1993