Athanas areteformis is a species of small alpheid shrimp from the Indo-West Pacific.

It was first described in 1903 by the French carcinologist Henri Coutière.

[1][2] Athanas areteformis has an Indo-West Pacific distribution.

They can be found in South Africa, the Red Sea, Réunion, Maldives, the Philippines, Saipan, Australia, the Marshall Islands, Fiji, Tonga, Samoa, and the Society Islands.

[3][4] They inhabit intertidal and subtidal areas of coral reefs, at depths of 2 to 28 m (7 to 92 ft).