''Platysquilla'' is a

genus Genus (; : genera ) is a taxonomic rank above species and below family (taxonomy), family as used in the biological classification of extant taxon, living and fossil organisms as well as Virus classification#ICTV classification, viruses. In bino ...

mantis shrimp Mantis shrimp are carnivorous marine crustaceans of the order Stomatopoda (). Stomatopods branched off from other members of the class Malacostraca around 400 million years ago, with more than 520 extant species of mantis shrimp known. All li ...

erected in 1967 by

Raymond Manning Raymond Brendan Manning (October 11, 1934 – January 18, 2000) was an American carcinologist, specialising in alpha taxonomy and mantis shrimp. His zoological author abbreviation is Manning or sometimes R.B. Manning. He has authored over 500 taxa. ...

for species previously included in '' Lysiosquilla''.

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Stomatopoda Taxa named by Raymond B. Manning {{Stomatopod-stub