Eurysquillidae

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Eurysquillidae
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Crustacea
Class: Malacostraca
Order: Stomatopoda
Superfamily: Eurysquilloidea
Manning, 1977a
Family: Eurysquillidae
Manning, 1977a
Genera

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Eurysquillidae is a family of mantis shrimp. Formerly places in the superfamily Gonodactyloidea, it has since been recognised that eurysquillids are closer to families in the Squilloidea, and so Eurysquillidae has been placed in its own superfamily, Eurysquilloidea [1]. It includes six genera [2][3]:

  • Coronidopsis Hansen, 1926
  • Eurysquilla Manning, 1963a
  • Eurysquilloides Manning, 1963a
  • Manningia Serène, 1962
  • Raysquilla Ahyong, 2000
  • Sinosquilla Liu & Wang, 1978

[edit] References

  1. ^ Shane T. Ahyong (2001). Revision of the Australian Stomatopod Crustacea. Australian Museum, 326 pp. ISBN 0-7347-2303-2. 
  2. ^ Shane T. Ahyong (2000). Raysquilla manningi, a new genus and species of stomatopod from the Australian Northwest Shelf. Journal of Crustacean Biology 20 (2): 37–41. 
  3. ^ S. T. Ahyong & J. K. Lowry (2001-09-01). Eurysquillidae. Stomatopoda: Families. crustacea.net.


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