Scientific Name	English Name	Distribution	Max. Length (cm)	Year
Alima alba		Western Central Atlantic		1893
Alima hieroglyphica	Mantis shrimp	Indo-Pacific		1911
Alima hyalina		Western Central Atlantic		1817
Alima maxima		Eastern Central Pacific	8.3 TL	2002
Alima neptuni		Circumtropical		1768
Alima orientalis		Indo-West Pacific.	6.2 TL	1978
Alima pacifica		Western Central Pacific		2001
Alimopsoides tuberculatus		Indo-West Pacific	6.2 TL	1991
Anchisquilla chani		Indo-West Pacific.		2001
Anchisquilla fasciata		Indo-West Pacific.	10 TL	1844
Anchisquilla fasciaticauda		Northwest Pacific		1998
Anchisquilloides mcneilli		Indo-West Pacific	11 TL	1953
Anchisquilloides michelae		Western Central Pacific		1986
Anchisquillopsis clevai		Western Central Pacific		1986
Areosquilla indica		Indo-West Pacific.		1926
Areosquilla interstincta		Western Central Pacific.		1976
Belosquilla laevis		Indo-West Pacific	12.7 TL	1865
Busquilla plantei		Indo-Pacific	10.3 TL	1978
Busquilla quadraticauda		Indo-Pacific.	9.2 TL	1911
Carinosquilla australiensis		Western Central Pacific		2001
Carinosquilla balicasag		Western Central Pacific		2004
Carinosquilla carinata		Indo-West Pacific.		1950
Carinosquilla carita		Indo-West Pacific		2001
Carinosquilla lirata		Western Pacific		1921
Carinosquilla mclaughlinae		Western Indian Ocean		2006
Carinosquilla multicarinata		Indo-West Pacific.		1849
Carinosquilla redacta		Western Central Pacific		2001
Carinosquilla spinosa		Eastern Indian Ocean		2002
Carinosquilla thailandensis		Western Pacific	15.2 TL	1983
Clorida albolitura		Indo-West Pacific and int	7.5 TL	2000
Clorida bombayensis		Indo-West Pacific.	10 TL	1967
Clorida daviei		Western Central Pacific		2001
Clorida decorata		Indo-West Pacific		1875
Clorida denticauda		Indo-West Pacific.		1967
Clorida depressa		Western Central Pacific	9 TL	1880
Clorida gaillardi		Western Central Pacific		1986
Clorida granti		Western Central Pacific	6.8 TL	1953
Clorida japonica		Northwest Pacific		1978
Clorida javanica		Western Central Pacific		1974
Clorida latreillei		Indo-West Pacific		1842
Clorida obtusa		Western Central Pacific		2001
Clorida rotundicauda		Indo-West Pacific		1880
Clorida seversi		Western Pacific	3.4 TL	1973
Clorida wassenbergi		Western Central Pacific		2001
Cloridina albatrossae		Western Central Pacific		2004
Cloridina chlorida		Indo-West Pacific.	5.3 TL	1886
Cloridina ichneumon		Western Central Pacific.		1798
Cloridina inflata		Western Central Pacific	5.1 TL	1991
Cloridina malaccensis		Western Pacific.		1968
Cloridina microphthalma		Indo-West Pacific.		1837
Cloridina moluccensis		Western Central Pacific	10.8 TL	1973
Cloridina pelamidae		Indo-West Pacific.	8.5 TL	1970
Cloridina stephensoni		Indo-West Pacific		2001
Cloridina verrucosa		Western Central Pacific.	4.5 TL	1926
Cloridopsis bengalensis		Western Indian Ocean		1952
Cloridopsis dubia		Indo-Pacific and Western		1837
Cloridopsis immaculata		Western Central Pacific		1913
Cloridopsis scorpio	Spotted squillid mantis shrimp	Indo-West Pacific.	10 TL	1828
Cloridopsis terrareginensis		Indo-West Pacific	10.3 TL	1953
Crenatosquilla oculinova		Eastern Pacific.	4 TL	1942
Dictyosquilla foveolata		Indo-West Pacific		1895
Dictyosquilla tuberculata		Indo-West Pacific		2001
Distosquilla miles		Indo-West Pacific	15.1 TL	1865
Erugosquilla grahami		Western Pacific	17.7 TL	1998
Erugosquilla hesperia		Indo-West Pacific		1968
Erugosquilla massavensis	Red Sea mantis shrimp	Indian Ocean	21.6 TL	1880
Erugosquilla septemdentata		Western Pacific		1994
Erugosquilla sereni		Western Central Pacific		1998
Erugosquilla woodmasoni	Smooth squillid mantis shrimp	Indo-West Pacific	15.3 TL	1911
Fallosquilla fallax		Indo-West Pacific.	5.9 TL	1914
Fennerosquilla heptacanta		Western Central Atlantic		1939
Harpiosquilla annandalei		Indo-West Pacific.	13.7 TL	1911
Harpiosquilla harpax	Robber harpiosquillid mantis shrimp	Indo-West Pacific	26.2 TL	1844
Harpiosquilla indica		Western Central Pacific		1969
Harpiosquilla japonica		Western Pacific		1969
Harpiosquilla melanoura		Indo-West Pacific.	16.8 TL	1968
Harpiosquilla raphidea	Giant harpiosquillid mantis shrimp	Indo-West Pacific	36.6 TL	1798
Harpiosquilla sinensis		Western Pacific	20.6 TL	1998
Harpiosquilla stephensoni		Indo-West Pacific	31.5 TL	1969
Humesosquilla decimdentata		Caribbean Sea.	9 TL	1970
Kaisquilla laevis		Western Indian Ocean		2002
Kempella mikado		Indo-West Pacific.	18.2 TL	1921
Kempina stridulans		Indo-West Pacific		1894
Lenisquilla lata		Indo-West Pacific.	8.8 TL	1886
Leptosquilla schmeltzii		Indo-Pacific.		1873
Levisquilla inermis		Western Pacific	4.6 TL	1965
Levisquilla jurichi		Indo-West Pacific.	5.1 TL	1979
Levisquilla minor		Indo-West Pacific		1904
Lophosquilla costata		Indo-West Pacific	8.9 TL	1844
Lophosquilla makarovi		Western Pacific		1995
Lophosquilla tiwarii		Indo-West Pacific.	6.6 TL	1974
Meiosquilla dawsoni		Eastern Central Pacific		1970
Meiosquilla desmaresti		Eastern Central Pacific		1816
Meiosquilla lebouri		Western Central Atlantic	1.5 TL	1946
Meiosquilla quadridens		Western Central Atlantic		1893
Meiosquilla randalli		Western Atlantic Ocean.		1962
Meiosquilla schmitti		Western Atlantic Ocean.		1955
Meiosquilla swetti		Eastern Central Pacific.		1940
Meiosquilla tricarinata		Southwest Atlantic	3.5 TL	1941
Miyakea holoschista		Indo-West Pacific.		1911
Miyakea nepa	Smalleyed squillid mantis shrimp	Indo-West Pacific	17 TL	1828
Miyakella nepa		Indo-West Pacific.		1828
Neclorida miersi		Indo-West Pacific		1968
Neoanchisquilla australiensis		Eastern Indian Ocean		1998
Neoanchisquilla semblatae		Western Central Pacific		1991
Neoanchisquilla tuberculata		Indo-Pacific		1998
Oratosquilla fabricii		Indo-Pacific.	17.5 TL	1941
Oratosquilla investigatoris		Western Indian Ocean	3.7 CL	1907
Oratosquilla kempi		Indo-West Pacific.		1931
Oratosquilla oratoria	Japanese squillid mantis shrimp	Western Pacific	18.5 TL	1844
Oratosquilla woodmansoni		Indo-West Pacific		1911
Oratosquillina anomala		Western Pacific	16.4 TL	1935
Oratosquillina asiatica		Western Pacific		1978
Oratosquillina berentsae		Southwest Pacific		2001
Oratosquillina birsteini		Western Pacific		1971
Oratosquillina fossulata		Western Pacific		1986
Oratosquillina gravieri	Vietnamese squillid mantis shrimp	Western Central Pacific	12.3 TL	1978
Oratosquillina hindustanica		Western Pacific		1978
Oratosquillina imperialis		Western Pacific		1965
Oratosquillina inornata		Indo-Malaysian region.	11.2 TL	1883
Oratosquillina interrupta		Indo-West Pacific.	16 TL	1911
Oratosquillina manningi		Eastern Indian Ocean	9 TL	2000
Oratosquillina megalops		Western Pacific		1980
Oratosquillina microps		Western Pacific		1982
Oratosquillina ornata		Western Pacific		1971
Oratosquillina pentadactyla		Western Pacific		1978
Oratosquillina perpensa	Common squillid mantis shrimp	Indo-West Pacific	10 TL	1911
Oratosquillina quinquedentata	Fivespined squillid mantis shrimp	Indo-West Pacific	14 TL	1886
Oratosquillina solicitans	Variable squillid mantis shrimp	Western Central Pacific	10 TL	1978
Oratosquillina stephensoni		Indo-West Pacific	15.7 TL	1978
Oratosquillina striata		Western Pacific		1978
Oratosquillina turbata		Western Pacific		1978
Paralimopsis carinata		Western Central Pacific.		1991
Parvisquilla dominguez		Western Central Pacific		2003
Parvisquilla multituberculata		Indo-Pacific.		1898
Parvisquilla sinuosa		Eastern Central Pacific		1921
Platysquilla eusebia		Northwest Atlantic and th		1816
Pontiosquilla caledonica		Western Pacific		1991
Pontiosquilla mauiana		Pacific Ocean		1931
Quollastria capricornae		Western Central Pacific.		2001
Quollastria fossulata		Western Central Pacific.		1985
Quollastria gonypetes		Indo-West Pacific	10.4 TL	1911
Quollastria kapala		Western Central Pacific		2001
Quollastria subtilis		Indo-West Pacific.	5.3 TL	1978
Rissoides africanus		Indo-West Pacific.		1974
Rissoides calypso		Indo-West Pacific.		1974
Rissoides desmaresti		Northern Atlantic, Wester		1816
Rissoides palidus		Mediterranean Sea.		1910
Rissoides pallidus		Mediterranean Sea		1910
Squilla aculeata		Eastern Pacific	15 TL	1893
Squilla biformis	Sorcerer mantis shrimp	Eastern Pacific		1891
Squilla bigelowi		Eastern Central Pacific
Squilla brasiliensis		Eastern Central Pacific		1917
Squilla cadenati	Angolan mantis shrimp	Eastern Atlantic	17 BL	1970
Squilla chydaea		Eastern Atlantic		1962
Squilla deceptrix		Eastern Atlantic		1969
Squilla edentata		Eastern Atlantic		1937
Squilla empusa		Western Central Atlantic		1818
Squilla gibba		Western Indian Ocean		1903
Squilla gilesi		Western Indian Ocean		1911
Squilla grenadensis		Western Indian Ocean		1969
Squilla hancocki		Eastern Central Pacific		1940
Squilla heptacantha		Western Central Atlantic
Squilla intermedia		Central Pacific and Atlan		1893
Squilla lata		Western Pacific		1913
Squilla lijdingi		Western Pacific		1959
Squilla mantis	Spottail mantis shrimp	Eastern Atlantic from Gul	20 TL	1758
Squilla mantoidea	Catalina mantis	Eastern Pacific	22.2 TL	1893
Squilla mauritiana		Indo-Pacific		1913
Squilla neglecta		Indo-Pacific
Squilla panamensis	Panama mantis shrimp	Eastern Pacific	17.3 TL	1891
Squilla parva	Small mantis shrimp	Eastern Pacific	7.7 TL	1891
Squilla prasinolineata		Western Central Atlantic
Squilla rugosa		Western Central Atlantic		1893
Squilla simulans		Western Indian Ocean		1967
Squilloides leptosquilla		Indo-West Pacific.	11.8 TL	1886
Triasquilla profunda		Indo-West Pacific.		2013
Visaya lira		Western Central Pacific		2004

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