Kingdom Animalia Subphylum Crustacea Order Stomatopoda | Phylum Arthropoda Class Malacostraca Rank Family | |
Superfamily Parasquilloidea
Ahyong & Harling, 2000 Similar Mantis shrimp, Squillidae, Lysiosquillidae, Gonodactylidae |
Parasquillidae is a family of mantis shrimp containing the three genera Faughnia, Parasquilla and Pseudosquillopsis. It was previously included in the superfamily Gonodactyloidea, but that group was found to be paraphyletic, and a new superfamily, Parasquilloidea was erected.
References
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