Squilla
Encyclopedia
Squilla is a genus
of mantis shrimp
. It 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 includes the following species:
- Squilla brasiliensis Calman, 1917
- Squilla chydaea Manning, 1962
- Squilla deceptrix Manning, 1969
- Squilla edentata (Lunz, 1937)
- Squilla empusa Say, 1818
- Squilla grenadensis Manning, 1969
- Squilla intermedia Bigelow, 1893
- Squilla lijdingi Holthius, 1959
- Squilla mantisSquilla mantisSquilla mantis is a species of mantis shrimp chiefly found and fished in the Mediterranean Sea. It grows up to long, and is of the spearer type. It is generally dull brown in colouration, but has two brown eye spots, circled in white, at the base of the telson...
(Linnaeus, 1758) - Squilla rugosa Bigelow, 1893