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Superregnum: Eukaryota
Cladus: Unikonta
Cladus: Opisthokonta
Cladus: Holozoa
Regnum: Animalia
Subregnum: Eumetazoa
Cladus: Bilateria
Cladus: Nephrozoa
Cladus: Protostomia
Cladus: Ecdysozoa
Cladus: Panarthropoda
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Crustacea
Superclassis: Multicrustacea
Classis: Malacostraca
Subclassis: Hoplocarida
Ordo: Stomatopoda
Subordo: Unipeltata
Superfamilia: Bathysquilloidea

Familia: Bathysquillidae
Genera (2): Altosquilla – Bathysquilla
Name

Bathysquillidae Manning, 1967

References
Primary references

Manning, R.B. 1967. Preliminary account of a new genus and a new family of Stomatopoda. Crustaceana 13(2): 238–239.

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Bathysquillidae in the World Register of Marine Species

Vernacular names
中文: 深海虾蛄科

Bathysquillidae is a family of mantis shrimp. It contains two genera and three species. The family was described by Raymond Manning in 1967.[1][2]
Characteristics

Mantis shrimps in this family can be distinguished by the fact that the dorsal surface is rough and covered in tubercles, the exopod (outer branch) of the uropod (fan-like sixth abdominal segment appendage) is fully articulated and the telson (terminal segment) is wider than it is long. The fifth abdominal segment bears no posteriorly directed median spine.[3]
Genera and species

According to the World Register of Marine Species, the family includes the following genera and species:[1]

Genus Altosquilla Bruce, 1985
Altosquilla soelae Bruce, 1985
Genus Bathysquilla Manning, 1963
Bathysquilla crassispinosa (Fukuda, 1909)
Bathysquilla microps (Manning, 1961)

References

Shane Ahyong (2012). "Bathysquillidae Manning, 1967". WoRMS. World Register of Marine Species. Retrieved 2014-02-10.
Raymond B. Manning (1967). "Preliminary Account of a New Genus and a New Family of Stomatopoda". Crustaceana. 13 (2): 238–239. doi:10.1163/156854067X00396. ISSN 0011-216X. Wikidata Q99975284.
Chan, Tin-Yam. "Bathysquillidae Manning, 1967". BiotaTaiwanica. Archived from the original on 2014-02-10. Retrieved 2014-02-10.

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