Parasquillidae
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Parasquillidae is a family
of mantis shrimp
containing the three genera
Faughnia, Parasquilla and Pseudosquillopsis
. It was previously included in the superfamily Gonodactyloidea, but that group was found to be paraphyletic
, and a new superfmaily, Parasquilloidea was erected.
Family (biology)
In biological classification, family is* a taxonomic rank. Other well-known ranks are life, domain, kingdom, phylum, class, order, genus, and species, with family fitting between order and genus. As for the other well-known ranks, there is the option of an immediately lower rank, indicated by the...
of mantis shrimp
Mantis shrimp
Mantis shrimp or stomatopods are marine crustaceans, the members of the order Stomatopoda. They are neither shrimp nor mantids, but receive their name purely from the physical resemblance to both the terrestrial praying mantis and the shrimp. They may reach in length, although exceptional cases of...
containing the three genera
Genus
In biology, a genus is a low-level taxonomic rank used in the biological classification of living and fossil organisms, which is an example of definition by genus and differentia...
Faughnia, Parasquilla and Pseudosquillopsis
Pseudosquillopsis
Pseudosquillopsis is a genus of mantis shrimp in the family Parasquillidae.-Species:Species in the genus include:* Pseudosquillopsis cerisii * Pseudosquillopsis dofleini * Pseudosquillopsis lessonii...
. It was previously included in the superfamily Gonodactyloidea, but that group was found to be paraphyletic
Paraphyly
A group of taxa is said to be paraphyletic if the group consists of all the descendants of a hypothetical closest common ancestor minus one or more monophyletic groups of descendants...
, and a new superfmaily, Parasquilloidea was erected.