Species Identification

Species Identification: Find Species


Family: Pseudosquillidae pseudosquillid mantis shrimps



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14 species
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Harasti, David

Circumtropical.
Max. Length 9 cm TL
Pseudosquilla ciliata (Fabricius, 1787)

Photo by Harasti, David
 
Pseudosquilla ciliata
[Ciliated mantis shrimp]
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Pseudosquilla empusa
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Pseudosquillana megalophthalma
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Max. Length 8.7 cm TL

 
Pseudosquillana richeri
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Pseudosquillisma adiastalta
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Pseudosquillisma guttata
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Pseudosquillisma kensleyi
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Max. Length 12.5 cm TL

 
Pseudosquillisma oculata
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Max. Length 8.3 cm TL

 
Raoulserenea hieroglyphica
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Max. Length 10 cm TL

 
Raoulserenea komaii
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Raoulserenea moorea
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Raoulserenea ornata
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Max. Length 8.8 cm TL

 
Raoulserenea oxyrhyncha
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Max. Length 3.5 cm TL

 
Raoulserenea pygmaea
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Scientific Name English Name Distribution Max. Length (cm) Year
Pseudosquilla ciliata Ciliated mantis shrimp Circumtropical. 9 TL 1787
Pseudosquilla empusa Northwest Pacific 1844
Pseudosquillana megalophthalma Indo-West Pacific 1893
Pseudosquillana richeri Indo-Pacific 8.7 TL 1991
Pseudosquillisma adiastalta Eastern Pacific 1964
Pseudosquillisma guttata Eastern Central Pacific 1972
Pseudosquillisma kensleyi Eastern Central Pacific 2005
Pseudosquillisma oculata Indo-Pacific and Atlantic 12.5 TL 1837
Raoulserenea hieroglyphica Indo-Pacific 8.3 TL 1972
Raoulserenea komaii Indo-Pacific. 10 TL 1991
Raoulserenea moorea Eastern Central Pacific 2017
Raoulserenea ornata Indo-Pacific. 1880
Raoulserenea oxyrhyncha Indo-Pacific. 8.8 TL 1898
Raoulserenea pygmaea Western Central Pacific 3.5 TL 2000



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