Tetrasquillidae Explained

Tetrasquillidae is a family of mantis shrimp containing ten genera:^[1]

• Acaenosquilla Manning, 1991
• Allosquilla Manning, 1977
• Colubrisquilla Ahyong, 2012^[2]
• Heterosquilla Manning, 1963
• Heterosquilloides Manning, 1966
• Heterosquillopsis Moosa, 1991
• Kasim Manning, 1995
• Pariliacantha Ahyong, 2012^[2]
• Tectasquilla Adkinson & Hopkins, 1984
• Tetrasquilla Manning & Chace, 1990

See also

• Heterosquilla tricarinata

Notes and References

1. Web site: WoRMS . 2009 . Tetrasquillidae . . February 7, 2010.
2. Ahyong, S.T. 2012: The marine fauna of New Zealand: mantis shrimps (Crustacea: Stomatopoda). NIWA biodiversity memoir, (125) (soft cover) (hard cover) (electronic)