Tetrasquilla
Genus of crustaceans
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Tetrasquilla is a genus of mantis shrimp containing a single species, Tetrasquilla mccullochae. It is the only known pantropical stomatopod.[3] The specific epithet commemorates Dr. Irene A. McCulloch, professor of zoology of the University of Southern California.[5]
| Tetrasquilla | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Clade: | Pancrustacea |
| Class: | Malacostraca |
| Order: | Stomatopoda |
| Family: | Tetrasquillidae |
| Genus: | Tetrasquilla Manning & Chace, 1990[1] |
| Species: | T. mccullochae |
| Binomial name | |
| Tetrasquilla mccullochae | |
| Synonyms[3][4] | |
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