Tetrasquillidae
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Tetrasquillidae is a family
of mantis shrimp
containing eight genera:
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 eight genera:
- Acaenosquilla Manning, 1991
- Allosquilla Manning, 1977
- Heterosquilla Manning, 1963
- Heterosquilloides Manning, 1966
- Heterosquillopsis Moosa, 1991
- Kasim Manning, 1995
- Tectasquilla Adkinson & Hopkins, 1984
- TetrasquillaTetrasquillaTetrasquilla is a genus of mantis shrimp containing a single species, Tetrasquilla mccullochae. It is the only known pantropical stomatopod. The specific epithet commemorates Dr. Irene A. McCulloch, professor of zoology of the University of Southern California....
Manning & Chace, 1990