Tetrasquilla Explained

Tetrasquilla is a genus of mantis shrimp containing a single species, Tetrasquilla mccullochae. It is the only known pantropical stomatopod.^[1] The specific epithet commemorates Dr. Irene A. McCulloch, professor of zoology of the University of Southern California.^[2]

Notes and References

1. Raymond B. Manning & David K. Camp . 1993 . Erythrosquilloidea, a new superfamily, and Tetrasquillidae, a new family of stomatopod crustaceans . . 106 . 1 . 85–91 .
2. . 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 .