Biology:Parasquillidae

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Short description: Family of crustaceans

Parasquillidae
Scientific classification e
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Malacostraca
Order: Stomatopoda
Suborder: Unipeltata
Superfamily: Parasquilloidea
Ahyong & Harling, 2000 [2]
Family: Parasquillidae
Manning, 1995 [1]
Genera
Parasquilla haani painted by Kawahara Keiga in the period 1823 - 1829. Siebold Collection.

Parasquillidae is a family of mantis shrimp containing the three genera Faughnia, Parasquilla and Pseudosquillopsis.[3] It was previously included in the superfamily Gonodactyloidea, but that group was found to be paraphyletic, and a new superfamily, Parasquilloidea was erected.[4]

References

External links

Wikidata ☰ Q3864982 entry