| Squilla empusa | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Malacostraca |
| Order: | Stomatopoda |
| Family: | Squillidae |
| Genus: | Squilla |
| Species: | S. empusa
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| Binomial name | |
| Squilla empusa | |
Squilla empusa is a species of mantis shrimp found in coastal areas of the western Atlantic Ocean. It excavates and occupies a burrow in soft sediment from which it emerges, mainly at night, to feed on fish and invertebrate prey.
- ^ Ahyong, Shane (2014). "Squilla empusa Say, 1818". WoRMS. World Register of Marine Species. Retrieved 2014-05-22.