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Bathysquillid
Bathysquilla crassispinosa
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Malacostraca
Order:	Stomatopoda
Superfamily:	Bathysquilloidea
Family:	Bathysquillidae Manning, 1967

Bathysquillidae is a family of mantis shrimp. It contains two genera and three species. The family was described by Raymond Manning in 1967.

Characteristics

Mantis shrimps in this family can be distinguished by the fact that the dorsal surface is rough and covered in tubercles, the exopod (outer branch) of the uropod (fan-like sixth abdominal segment appendage) is fully articulated and the telson (terminal segment) is wider than it is long. The fifth abdominal segment bears no posteriorly directed median spine.

Genera and species

According to the World Register of Marine Species, the family includes the following genera and species:

• Genus Altosquilla Bruce, 1985
  • Altosquilla soelae Bruce, 1985
• Genus Bathysquilla Manning, 1963
  • Bathysquilla crassispinosa (Fukuda, 1909)
  • Bathysquilla microps (Manning, 1961)

References

1. ^ Shane Ahyong (2012). "Bathysquillidae Manning, 1967". WoRMS. World Register of Marine Species. Retrieved 2014-02-10.
2. Raymond B. Manning (1967). "Preliminary Account of a New Genus and a New Family of Stomatopoda". Crustaceana. 13 (2): 238–239. doi:10.1163/156854067X00396. ISSN 0011-216X. Wikidata Q99975284.
3. Chan, Tin-Yam. "Bathysquillidae Manning, 1967". BiotaTaiwanica. Archived from the original on 2014-02-10. Retrieved 2014-02-10.

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