Tetrasquilla | |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Malacostraca |
Order: | Stomatopoda |
Family: | Tetrasquillidae |
Genus: | Tetrasquilla Manning & Chace, 1990[2] |
Species: | T. mccullochae
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Binomial name | |
Tetrasquilla mccullochae | |
Synonyms[3][4] | |
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Tetrasquilla is a genus of mantis shrimp containing a single species, Tetrasquilla mccullochae. It is the only known pantropical stomatopod.[3] The specific epithet commemorates Dr. Irene A. McCulloch, professor of zoology of the University of Southern California.[5]