Acanthosquilla melissae is a species of stomatopod crustacean in the Nannosquillidae family,[1] and was first described by the Australian carcinologist Shane T. Ahyong in 2007.[1] [2]
In Australia it has been found in the IMCRA regions of the Northwest Shelf Province (Western Australia), Northeast Shelf Transition (Queensland),[2] [3] in the sub-tidal zone.[3]