Eurysquillidae is a
family
Family (from la, familia) is a group of people related either by consanguinity (by recognized birth) or affinity (by marriage or other relationship). The purpose of the family is to maintain the well-being of its members and of society. Idea ...
of
mantis shrimp
Mantis shrimp, or stomatopods, are carnivorous marine crustaceans of the order Stomatopoda (). Stomatopods branched off from other members of the class Malacostraca around 340 million years ago. Mantis shrimp typically grow to around in length ...
. Formerly placed in the superfamily
Gonodactyloidea, it has since been recognised that eurysquillids are closer to families in the
Squilloidea
Squillidae is a family of mantis shrimp, the only family in the superfamily Squilloidea. The type genus is '' Squilla''. It is the stomatopod family with the most genera, as follows:
*''Alima'' Leach, 1817
*'' Alimopsis'' Manning, 1977
*'' Alim ...
, and so Eurysquillidae has been placed in its own superfamily, Eurysquilloidea. It includes six genera and 30 species
*''
Coronidopsis''
Hansen, 1926
** ''
Coronidopsis bicuspis''
Hansen, 1926
** ''
Coronidopsis serenei''
Moosa, 1973
*''
Eurysquilla''
Manning, 1963a
** ''
Eurysquilla chacei''
Manning, 1969
** ''
Eurysquilla crosnieri''
Moosa, 1991
** ''
Eurysquilla foresti''
Moosa, 1986
** ''
Eurysquilla galatheae''
Manning, 1977
** ''
Eurysquilla holthuisi''
Manning, 1969
** ''
Eurysquilla leloeuffi''
Manning, 1977
** ''
Eurysquilla maiaguesensis''
(Bigelow, 1901)
** ''
Eurysquilla pacifica''
Manning, 1975
** ''
Eurysquilla plumata''
(Bigelow, 1901)
** ''
Eurysquilla pumae''
Hendrickx & Salgado-Barragán, 1987
** ''
Eurysquilla sewelli''
(Chopra, 1939)
** ''
Eurysquilla solari''
Manning, 1970
** ''
Eurysquilla veleronis''
(Schmitt, 1940)
*''
Eurysquilloides''
Manning, 1963a
** ''
Eurysquilloides sibogae''
(Hansen, 1926)
*''
Manningia''
Serène, 1962
** ''
Manningia amabilis''
Holthuis, 1967
** ''
Manningia andamanensis''
Ghosh, 1975
** ''
Manningia arabica''
Manning, 1990
** ''
Manningia australiensis''
Manning, 1970
** ''
Manningia misool''
Ahyong, 1997
** ''
Manningia notialis''
Manning, 1966
** ''
Manningia pilaensis''
(de Man, 1888)
** ''
Manningia posteli''
Manning, 1977
** ''
Manningia raymondi''
Bruce, 1986
** ''
Manningia wilsoni''
Ahyong, 2001
** ''
Manningia zehntneri''
Manning, 1974
*''
Raysquilla''
Ahyong, 2000
** ''
Raysquilla manningi''
Ahyong, 2000
*''
Sinosquilla''
Liu & Wang, 1978
** ''
Sinosquilla hispida''
Liu & Wang, 1978
** ''
Sinosquilla sinica''
Liu & Wang, 1978
References
Stomatopoda
Crustacean families
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