Rissoides
Encyclopedia
Rissoides is a genus
of mantis shrimp
. It is named after Antoine Risso
, and includes the following species:
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...
. It is named after Antoine Risso
Antoine Risso
Giuseppe Antonio Risso , called Antoine Risso, was a Niçard naturalist.Risso was born in Nice, County of Nice, a part of the Duchy of Savoy, and studied under Giovanni Battista Balbis. He published , and . Risso's dolphin was named after him...
, and includes the following species:
- Rissoides africanus (Manning, 1974)
- Rissoides barnardi (Manning, 1975)
- Rissoides calypso (Manning, 1974)
- Rissoides desmarestiRissoides desmarestiRissoides desmaresti is a species of mantis shrimp native to the eastern Atlantic Ocean and Mediterranean Sea.-Distribution:R. desmaresti is one of only two species of stomatopod found around the British Isles, and one of twelve species in the Mediterranean...
(Risso, 1816) - Rissoides pallidus (Giesbrecht, 1910)