Pseudosquillopsis
Encyclopedia
Pseudosquillopsis is a genus
of mantis shrimp
in the family
Parasquillidae
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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...
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...
in the family
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...
Parasquillidae
Parasquillidae
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....
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Species
Species in the genus include:- Pseudosquillopsis cerisii (Roux, 1828)
- Pseudosquillopsis dofleini (Balss, 1910)
- Pseudosquillopsis lessonii (Guérin, 1830)
- Pseudosquillopsis marmorata (Lockington, 1877)