Acanthosquilla melissae

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Acanthosquilla melissae
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Malacostraca
Order: Stomatopoda
Family: Nannosquillidae
Genus: Acanthosquilla
Species:
A. melissae
Binomial name
Acanthosquilla melissae
Ahyong, 2007 [1]
Acanthosquilla melissae
Holotype site: WAM C27142- Dampier Archipelago,'"`UNIQ--ref-0000000A-QINU`"' paratype sites: Shelburn Bay, QLD'"`UNIQ--ref-0000000B-QINU`"'

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] [3] in the sub-tidal zone. [3]

References

  1. 1 2 3 Shane T. Ahyong (2007). "Stomatopod Crustacea from the Dampier Archipelago, Western Australia". Records of the Western Australian Museum, supplement. 73 (1): 41-55 [48-51]. doi:10.18195/ISSN.0313-122X.73.2007.041-055. ISSN   0313-122X. Wikidata   Q60357605.
  2. 1 2 WoRMS (2018). "Acanthosquilla melissae Ahyong, 2007". WoRMS. World Register of Marine Species . Retrieved 11 March 2023.
  3. 1 2 https://biodiversity.org.au/afd/taxa/Acanthosquilla_melissae



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