Acanthosquilla
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| Acanthosquilla | |
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| A. multifasciata | |
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| A. tigrina, carapace and anterior appendages | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Malacostraca |
| Order: | Stomatopoda |
| Family: | Nannosquillidae |
| Genus: | Acanthosquilla Manning, 1963[1][2] |
| Type species | |
| Lysiosquilla multifasciata Wood-Mason, 1895[3] | |
Acanthosquilla is a genus of stomatopod crustacean. The American carcinologist Raymond B. Manning named and first circumscribed the genus in 1963.[1] As of 2018[update], the World Register of Marine Species recognizes the following eight species:[2]
- A. crosnieri Ahyong, 2002[4]
- A. derijardi Manning, 1970[5]
- A. manningi Makarov, 1979
- A. melissae Ahyong, 2008[6]
- A. multifasciata (Wood-Mason, 1895)[3]
- A. multispinosa Blumstein, 1974[7]
- A. tigrina (Nobili, 1903)[8]
- A. wilsoni Moosa, 1973[9]
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