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Family: Squillidae squillid mantis shrimps



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Alima alba
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Alima hieroglyphica
[Mantis shrimp]
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Alima hyalina
[]
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Max. Length 8.3 cm TL
 
Alima maxima
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Alima neptuni
[]
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Max. Length 6.2 cm TL
 
Alima orientalis
[]
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Alima pacifica
[]
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Max. Length 6.2 cm TL
 
Alimopsoides tuberculatus
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Anchisquilla chani
[]

Chan, Tim-Yan

Indo-West Pacific.
Max. Length 10 cm TL
Anchisquilla fasciata(de Haan, 1844)

Photo by Chan, Tim-Yan
 
Anchisquilla fasciata
[]
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Anchisquilla fasciaticauda
[]
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Max. Length 11 cm TL
 
Anchisquilloides mcneilli
[]
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Anchisquilloides michelae
[]
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Anchisquillopsis clevai
[]
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Areosquilla indica
[]
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Areosquilla interstincta
[]
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Max. Length 12.7 cm TL
 
Belosquilla laevis
[]
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Max. Length 10.3 cm TL
 
Busquilla plantei
[]

Chan, Tim-Yan

Indo-Pacific.
Max. Length 9.2 cm TL
Busquilla quadraticauda(Fukuda, 1911)

Photo by Chan, Tim-Yan
 
Busquilla quadraticauda
[]
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Carinosquilla australiensis
[]
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Carinosquilla balicasag
[]
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Carinosquilla carinata
[]
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Carinosquilla carita
[]
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Carinosquilla lirata
[]
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Carinosquilla mclaughlinae
[]

Chan, Tim-Yan

Indo-West Pacific.

Carinosquilla multicarinata(White, 1849)

Photo by Chan, Tim-Yan
 
Carinosquilla multicarinata
[]
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Carinosquilla redacta
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Carinosquilla spinosa
[]
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Max. Length 15.2 cm TL
 
Carinosquilla thailandensis
[]

Chan, Tim-Yan

Indo-West Pacific and int
Max. Length 7.5 cm TL
Clorida albolituraAhyong & Naiyanetr, 2000

Photo by Chan, Tim-Yan
 
Clorida albolitura
[]

Chan, Tim-Yan

Indo-West Pacific.
Max. Length 10 cm TL
Clorida bombayensis(Chhapgar & Sane, 1967)

Photo by Chan, Tim-Yan
 
Clorida bombayensis
[]
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Clorida daviei
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Clorida decorata
[]

Chan, Tim-Yan

Indo-West Pacific.

Clorida denticauda(Chhapgar & Sane, 1967)

Photo by Chan, Tim-Yan
 
Clorida denticauda
[]
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Max. Length 9 cm TL
 
Clorida depressa
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Clorida gaillardi
[]
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Max. Length 6.8 cm TL
 
Clorida granti
[]
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Clorida japonica
[]
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Clorida javanica
[]
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Clorida latreillei
[]
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Clorida obtusa
[]

Chan, Tim-Yan

Indo-West Pacific

Clorida rotundicauda(Miers, 1880)

Photo by Chan, Tim-Yan
 
Clorida rotundicauda
[]
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Max. Length 3.4 cm TL
 
Clorida seversi
[]
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Clorida wassenbergi
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Cloridina albatrossae
[]
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Max. Length 5.3 cm TL
 
Cloridina chlorida
[]
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Cloridina ichneumon
[]
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Max. Length 5.1 cm TL
 
Cloridina inflata
[]
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Cloridina malaccensis
[]
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Cloridina microphthalma
[]
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Max. Length 10.8 cm TL
 
Cloridina moluccensis
[]
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Max. Length 8.5 cm TL
 
Cloridina pelamidae
[]
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Cloridina stephensoni
[]

Chan, Tim-Yan

Western Central Pacific.
Max. Length 4.5 cm TL
Cloridina verrucosa(Hansen, 1926)

Photo by Chan, Tim-Yan
 
Cloridina verrucosa
[]
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Cloridopsis bengalensis
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Cloridopsis dubia
[]
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Cloridopsis immaculata
[]

FAO

Indo-West Pacific.
Max. Length 10 cm TL
Cloridopsis scorpio(Latreile, 1828)

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Cloridopsis scorpio
[Spotted squillid mantis shrimp]
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Max. Length 10.3 cm TL
 
Cloridopsis terrareginensis
[]
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Max. Length 4 cm TL
 
Crenatosquilla oculinova
[]
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Dictyosquilla foveolata
[]
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Dictyosquilla tuberculata
[]
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Max. Length 15.1 cm TL
 
Distosquilla miles
[]

Chan, Tim-Yan

Western Pacific
Max. Length 17.7 cm TL
Erugosquilla grahamiAhyong & Manning, 1998

Photo by Chan, Tim-Yan
 
Erugosquilla grahami
[]
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Erugosquilla hesperia
[]

FAO

Western Indian Ocean
Max. Length 21.6 cm TL
Erugosquilla massavensis(Kossmann, 1880)

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Erugosquilla massavensis
[Red Sea mantis shrimp]
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Erugosquilla septemdentata
[]
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Erugosquilla sereni
[]

Chan, Tim-Yan

Indo-West Pacific
Max. Length 15.3 cm TL
Erugosquilla woodmasoni(Kemp, 1911)

Photo by Chan, Tim-Yan
 
Erugosquilla woodmasoni
[Smooth squillid mantis shrimp]
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Max. Length 5.9 cm TL
 
Fallosquilla fallax
[]
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Fennerosquilla heptacanta
[]

Chan, Tim-Yan

Indo-West Pacific.
Max. Length 13.7 cm TL
Harpiosquilla annandalei(Kemp, 1911)

Photo by Chan, Tim-Yan
 
Harpiosquilla annandalei
[]

Chan, Tim-Yan

Indo-West Pacific
Max. Length 26.2 cm TL
Harpiosquilla harpax(De Haan, 1844)

Photo by Chan, Tim-Yan
 
Harpiosquilla harpax
[Robber harpiosquillid mantis shrimp]

Chan, Tim-Yan

Western Central Pacific

Harpiosquilla indicaManning, 1969

Photo by Chan, Tim-Yan
 
Harpiosquilla indica
[]

Chan, Tim-Yan

Western Pacific

Harpiosquilla japonicaManning, 1969

Photo by Chan, Tim-Yan
 
Harpiosquilla japonica
[]

Chan, Tim-Yan

Indo-West Pacific.
Max. Length 16.8 cm TL
Harpiosquilla melanouraManning, 1968

Photo by Chan, Tim-Yan
 
Harpiosquilla melanoura
[]

FAO

Indo-West Pacific
Max. Length 36.6 cm TL
Harpiosquilla raphidea(Fabricus, 1798)

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Harpiosquilla raphidea
[Giant harpiosquillid mantis shrimp]

Chan, Tim-Yan

Western Pacific
Max. Length 20.6 cm TL
Harpiosquilla sinensisLiu & Wang, 1998

Photo by Chan, Tim-Yan
 
Harpiosquilla sinensis
[]
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Max. Length 31.5 cm TL
 
Harpiosquilla stephensoni
[]
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Max. Length 9 cm TL
 
Humesosquilla decimdentata
[]
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Kaisquilla laevis
[]

Chan, Tim-Yan

Indo-West Pacific.
Max. Length 18.2 cm TL
Kempella mikado(Kemp & Chopra, 1921)

Photo by Chan, Tim-Yan
 
Kempella mikado
[]

Chan, Tim-Yan

Indo-West Pacific

Kempina stridulans(Wood-Mason, 1894)

Photo by Chan, Tim-Yan
 
Kempina stridulans
[]

Chan, Tim-Yan

Indo-West Pacific.
Max. Length 8.8 cm TL
Lenisquilla lata(Brooks, 1886)

Photo by Chan, Tim-Yan
 
Lenisquilla lata
[]
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Leptosquilla schmeltzii
[]

Chan, Tim-Yan

Western Pacific
Max. Length 4.6 cm TL
Levisquilla inermis(Manning, 1965)

Photo by Chan, Tim-Yan
 
Levisquilla inermis
[]
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Max. Length 5.1 cm TL
 
Levisquilla jurichi
[]
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Levisquilla minor
[]

Chan, Tim-Yan

Indo-West Pacific
Max. Length 8.9 cm TL
Lophosquilla costata(de Haan, 1844)

Photo by Chan, Tim-Yan
 
Lophosquilla costata
[]
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Lophosquilla makarovi
[]
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Max. Length 6.6 cm TL
 
Lophosquilla tiwarii
[]
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Meiosquilla dawsoni
[]
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Meiosquilla desmaresti
[]
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Max. Length 1.5 cm TL
 
Meiosquilla lebouri
[]
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Meiosquilla quadridens
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Meiosquilla randalli
[]
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Meiosquilla schmitti
[]
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Meiosquilla swetti
[]
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Max. Length 3.5 cm TL
 
Meiosquilla tricarinata
[]
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Miyakea holoschista
[]

Chan, Tim-Yan

Indo-West Pacific
Max. Length 17 cm TL
Miyakea nepa(Latreille, 1828)

Photo by Chan, Tim-Yan
 
Miyakea nepa
[Smalleyed squillid mantis shrimp]
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Miyakella nepa
[]
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Neclorida miersi
[]
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Neoanchisquilla australiensis
[]
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Neoanchisquilla semblatae
[]
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Neoanchisquilla tuberculata
[]

Chan, Tim-Yan

Indo-Pacific.
Max. Length 17.5 cm TL
Oratosquilla fabricii(Holthuis, 1941)

Photo by Chan, Tim-Yan
 
Oratosquilla fabricii
[]
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Max. Length 3.7 cm CL
 
Oratosquilla investigatoris
[]
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Oratosquilla kempi
[]

Chan, Tim-Yan

Western Pacific
Max. Length 18.5 cm TL
Oratosquilla oratoria(De Haan, 1844)

Photo by Chan, Tim-Yan
 
Oratosquilla oratoria
[Japanese squillid mantis shrimp]
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Oratosquilla woodmansoni
[]
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Max. Length 16.4 cm TL
 
Oratosquillina anomala
[]

Chan, Tim-Yan

Western Pacific

Oratosquillina asiatica(Manning, 1978)

Photo by Chan, Tim-Yan
 
Oratosquillina asiatica
[]
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Oratosquillina berentsae
[]
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Oratosquillina birsteini
[]
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Oratosquillina fossulata
[]

Chan, Tim-Yan

Western Central Pacific
Max. Length 12.3 cm TL
Oratosquillina gravieri(Manning, 1978)

Photo by Chan, Tim-Yan
 
Oratosquillina gravieri
[Vietnamese squillid mantis shrimp]
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Oratosquillina hindustanica
[]
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Oratosquillina imperialis
[]

Chan, Tim-Yan

Indo-Malaysian region.
Max. Length 11.2 cm TL
Oratosquillina inornata(Tate, 1883)

Photo by Chan, Tim-Yan
 
Oratosquillina inornata
[]

Chan, Tim-Yan

Indo-West Pacific.
Max. Length 16 cm TL
Oratosquillina interrupta(Kemp, 1911)

Photo by Chan, Tim-Yan
 
Oratosquillina interrupta
[]

Chan, Tim-Yan

Eastern Indian Ocean
Max. Length 9 cm TL
Oratosquillina manningiAhyong, Chan & Liao, 2000

Photo by Chan, Tim-Yan
 
Oratosquillina manningi
[]
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Oratosquillina megalops
[]
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Oratosquillina microps
[]
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Oratosquillina ornata
[]
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Oratosquillina pentadactyla
[]

Chan, Tim-Yan

Indo-West Pacific
Max. Length 10 cm TL
Oratosquillina perpensa(Kemp, 1911)

Photo by Chan, Tim-Yan
 
Oratosquillina perpensa
[Common squillid mantis shrimp]

FAO

Indo-West Pacific
Max. Length 14 cm TL
Oratosquillina quinquedentata(Brooks, 1886)

Photo by FAO
 
Oratosquillina quinquedentata
[Fivespined squillid mantis shrimp]

FAO

Western Central Pacific
Max. Length 10 cm TL
Oratosquillina solicitans(Manning, 1978)

Photo by FAO
 
Oratosquillina solicitans
[Variable squillid mantis shrimp]
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Max. Length 15.7 cm TL
 
Oratosquillina stephensoni
[]
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Oratosquillina striata
[]
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Oratosquillina turbata
[]
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Paralimopsis carinata
[]
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Parvisquilla dominguez
[]
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Parvisquilla multituberculata
[]
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Parvisquilla sinuosa
[]
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Platysquilla eusebia
[]
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Pontiosquilla caledonica
[]
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Pontiosquilla mauiana
[]
No picture found
 
Pterygosquilla armata
[]
No picture found
 
Quollastria capricornae
[]
No picture found
 
Quollastria fossulata
[]

Chan, Tim-Yan

Indo-West Pacific
Max. Length 10.4 cm TL
Quollastria gonypetes(Kemp, 1911)

Photo by Chan, Tim-Yan
 
Quollastria gonypetes
[]
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Quollastria kapala
[]
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Max. Length 5.3 cm TL
 
Quollastria subtilis
[]
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Rissoides africanus
[]
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Rissoides calypso
[]
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Rissoides desmaresti
[]
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Rissoides palidus
[]



Mediterranean Sea

Rissoides pallidus(Giesbrecht, 1910)

 
Rissoides pallidus
[]
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Max. Length 15 cm TL
 
Squilla aculeata
[]
No picture found
 
Squilla biformis
[Sorcerer mantis shrimp]
No picture found
 
Squilla bigelowi
[]
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Squilla brasiliensis
[]
No picture found

Max. Length 17 cm BL
 
Squilla cadenati
[Angolan mantis shrimp]
No picture found
 
Squilla chydaea
[]
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Squilla deceptrix
[]
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Squilla edentata
[]
No picture found
 
Squilla empusa
[]
No picture found
 
Squilla gibba
[]
No picture found
 
Squilla gilesi
[]
No picture found
 
Squilla grenadensis
[]
No picture found
 
Squilla hancocki
[]
No picture found
 
Squilla heptacantha
[]
No picture found
 
Squilla intermedia
[]
No picture found
 
Squilla lata
[]
No picture found
 
Squilla lijdingi
[]

FAO

Eastern Atlantic from Gul
Max. Length 20 cm TL
Squilla mantis(Linnaeus, 1758)

Photo by FAO
 
Squilla mantis
[Spottail mantis shrimp]
No picture found

Max. Length 22.2 cm TL
 
Squilla mantoidea
[Catalina mantis]
No picture found
 
Squilla mauritiana
[]
No picture found
 
Squilla neglecta
[]
No picture found

Max. Length 17.3 cm TL
 
Squilla panamensis
[Panama mantis shrimp]
No picture found

Max. Length 7.7 cm TL
 
Squilla parva
[Small mantis shrimp]
No picture found
 
Squilla prasinolineata
[]
No picture found
 
Squilla rugosa
[]
No picture found
 
Squilla simulans
[]

Chan, Tim-Yan

Indo-West Pacific.
Max. Length 11.8 cm TL
Squilloides leptosquilla(Brooks, 1886)

Photo by Chan, Tim-Yan
 
Squilloides leptosquilla
[]
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Triasquilla profunda
[]
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Visaya lira
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