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Genus of crustaceans

Tetrasquilla
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Malacostraca
Order: Stomatopoda
Family: Tetrasquillidae
Genus: Tetrasquilla
Manning & Chace, 1990
Species: T. mccullochae
Binomial name
Tetrasquilla mccullochae
(Schmitt, 1940)
Synonyms
  • Lysiosquilla mccullochae Schmitt, 1940
  • Heterosquilloides mccullochae (Schmitt, 1940)
  • Heterosquilla jonesi Shanbhogue, 1971

Tetrasquilla 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.

References

  1. "Tetrasquilla mccullochae". Integrated Taxonomic Information System.
  2. "Tetrasquilla". Integrated Taxonomic Information System.
  3. ^ Raymond B. Manning & David K. Camp (1993). "Erythrosquilloidea, a new superfamily, and Tetrasquillidae, a new family of stomatopod crustaceans". Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington. 106 (1): 85–91.
  4. Shane Ahyong (2013). "Tetrasquilla mccullochae (Schmitt, 1940)". WoRMS. World Register of Marine Species. Retrieved April 27, 2013.
  5. Waldo L. Schmitt (1940). "The stomatopods of the west coast of America based on collection made by the Allan Hancock Expeditions 1933–1938". Allan Hancock Pacific Expeditions. 5 (4): 129–225.
Taxon identifiers
Tetrasquilla


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