''Squilla'' is a
genus
Genus ( plural genera ) is a taxonomic rank used in the biological classification of extant taxon, living and fossil organisms as well as Virus classification#ICTV classification, viruses. In the hierarchy of biological classification, genus com ...
of
mantis shrimp
Mantis shrimp, or stomatopods, are carnivorous marine crustaceans of the order Stomatopoda (). Stomatopods branched off from other members of the class Malacostraca around 340 million years ago. Mantis shrimp typically grow to around in lengt ...
. It includes the following species:
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Squilla aculeata''
Bigelow, 1893
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Squilla biformis''
Bigelow, 1891
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Squilla bigelowi''
Schmitt, 1940
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Squilla brasiliensis''
Calman, 1917
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Squilla cadenati''
Manning, 1970
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Squilla caribaea''
Manning, 1969
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Squilla chydaea''
Manning, 1962
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Squilla deceptrix''
Manning, 1969
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Squilla discors''
Manning, 1962
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Squilla edentata''
(Lunz, 1937)
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Squilla empusa
''Squilla empusa'' is a species of mantis shrimp found in coastal areas of the western Atlantic Ocean. It excavates and occupies a burrow in soft sediment from which it emerges, mainly at night, to feed on fish and invertebrate prey.
Descriptio ...
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Say, 1818
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Squilla grenadensis''
Manning, 1969
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Squilla hancocki''
Schmitt, 1940
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Squilla intermedia''
Bigelow, 1893
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Squilla latreillei''
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Squilla lijdingi''
Holthuis, 1959
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Squilla mantis
''Squilla mantis'' is a species of mantis shrimp found in shallow coastal areas of the Mediterranean Sea and the Eastern Atlantic Ocean: it is also known as "pacchero" or "canocchia". Its abundance has led to it being the only commercially fished ...
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(Linnaeus
Carl Linnaeus (; 23 May 1707 – 10 January 1778), also known after his ennoblement in 1761 as Carl von Linné Blunt (2004), p. 171. (), was a Swedish botanist, zoologist, taxonomist, and physician who formalised binomial nomenclature, the ...
, 1758
Events
January–March
* January 1 – Swedish biologist Carl Linnaeus (Carl von Linné) publishes in Stockholm the first volume (''Animalia'') of the 10th edition of Systema Naturae, 10th edition of ''Systema Naturae'', the sta ...
)
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Squilla mantoidea''
Bigelow, 1893
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Squilla obtusa''
Holthuis, 1959
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Squilla panamensis''
Bigelow, 1891
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Squilla parva''
Bigelow, 1891
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Squilla rugosa''
Bigelow, 1893
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Squilla surinamica''
Holthuis, 1959
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Squilla tiburonensis''
Schmitt, 1940
References
Stomatopoda
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