Tags: Crustacean.
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). 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.