Tetrasquilla
| Tetrasquilla | |
|---|---|
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Subphylum: | Crustacea |
| Class: | Malacostraca |
| Order: | Stomatopoda |
| Family: | Tetrasquillidae |
| Genus: | Tetrasquilla Manning & Chace, 1990[1] |
| Species: | T. mccullochae |
| Binomial name | |
| Tetrasquilla mccullochae (Schmitt, 1940)[2] | |
| Synonyms[3][4] | |
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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
- ↑ "Tetrasquilla". Integrated Taxonomic Information System.
- ↑ "Tetrasquilla mccullochae". Integrated Taxonomic Information System.
- 1 2 Raymond B. Manning & David K. Camp (1993). "Erythrosquilloidea, a new superfamily, and Tetrasquillidae, a new family of stomatopod crustaceans" (PDF). Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington 106 (1): 85–91.
- ↑ Shane Ahyong (2013). "Tetrasquilla mccullochae (Schmitt, 1940)". World Register of Marine Species. Retrieved April 27, 2013.
- ↑ 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.
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