Hemisquilla braziliensis

Hemisquilla braziliensis
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Malacostraca
Order:	Stomatopoda
Family:	Hemisquillidae
Genus:	Hemisquilla
Species:	H. braziliensis
Binomial name
Hemisquilla braziliensis (Moreira, 1903)
Synonyms
Pseudosquilla braziliensis Moreira, 1903

Hemisquilla braziliensis is a species of mantis shrimp native to South America. ^[1]

Conservation

H. braziliensis is currently facing pressure in the South Atlantic due to bycatch and exploitation. Off the coast of the Brazilian states of Sao Paulo and Rio de Janeiro, commercial pink shrimp trawling is common and often leads to the bycatch and discarding of numerous species of crustaceans, including H. braziliensis. ^[2] Due to its large size, the species is also directly targeted for commercial exploitation in this region. ^[3]

Etymology

The genus name Hemisquilla comes from Ancient Greek ἡμι- (hēmi-), meaning 'half', and Latin squilla, meaning 'a kind of shrimp'. The specific epithet braziliensis comes from Brazil, and -ensis, meaning 'from a place'.^{[ citation needed ]}

References

1. WoRMS (2022). "Hemisquilla braziliensis (Moreira, 1903)". WoRMS. World Register of Marine Species . Retrieved 3 May 2022.
2. Keunecke, K. A.; Vianna, M.; Fonseca, D. B. D.; D'Incao, F. (2007). "The pink-shrimp trawling bycatch in the northern coast of São Paulo, Brazil, with emphasis on crustaceans". Nauplius. 15 (2): 49–55.
3. Bento, R.T., De Melo, G.A.S. (2010). "Morphological considerations and range extensions for species of the superfamily Squilloidea (Crustacea: Stomatopoda) in the southwest Atlantic" (PDF). Pan-American Journal of Aquatic Sciences. 5 (1): 147–152.