Acanthosquilla melissae | |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Malacostraca |
Order: | Stomatopoda |
Family: | Nannosquillidae |
Genus: | Acanthosquilla |
Species: | A. melissae
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Binomial name | |
Acanthosquilla melissae |
Acanthosquilla melissae is a species of stomatopod crustacean in the Nannosquillidae family,[2] and was first described by the Australian carcinologist Shane T. Ahyong in 2007.[2][1]
In Australia it has been found in the IMCRA regions of the Northwest Shelf Province (Western Australia), Northeast Shelf Transition (Queensland),[1][4] in the sub-tidal zone.[4]