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Tetrasquilla

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Tetrasquilla
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Malacostraca
Order: Stomatopoda
Family: Tetrasquillidae
Genus: Tetrasquilla
Manning & Chace, 1990[2]
Species:
T. mccullochae
Binomial name
Tetrasquilla mccullochae
(Schmitt, 1940)[1]
Synonyms[3][4]
  • 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.[3] The specific epithet commemorates Dr. Irene A. McCulloch, professor of zoology of the University of Southern California.[5]

References

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  1. ^ "Tetrasquilla mccullochae". Integrated Taxonomic Information System.
  2. ^ "Tetrasquilla". Integrated Taxonomic Information System.
  3. ^ a b 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.