Hemisquilla ensigera

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Hemisquilla ensigera
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Malacostraca
Order: Stomatopoda
Family: Hemisquillidae
Genus: Hemisquilla
Species:
H. ensigera
Binomial name
Hemisquilla ensigera
(Owen, 1832)
Synonyms
  • Gonodactylus ensigerOwen, 1832
  • Gonodactylus styliferusH. Milne Edwards, 1837

Hemisquilla ensigera is a species of mantis shrimp. Two formerly recognized subspecies are now considered to be separate species ( H. californiensis , H. australiensis ). [1]

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Etymology

The genus name Hemisquilla comes from Ancient Greek ἡμι- (hēmi-), meaning 'half', and Latin squilla, meaning 'a kind of shrimp'. The specific epithet ensigera comes from ensis, meaning 'sword', and -ger, meaning 'bearing'.[ citation needed ]

Ecology

The species is a near complete "oxyconformer" in that its aerobic metabolism is significantly depressed and impacted at low oxygen levels. [2]

References

  1. ↑ WoRMS (2022). "Hemisquilla ensigera (Owen, 1832)". WoRMS. World Register of Marine Species . Retrieved 3 May 2022.
  2. ↑ Cassista, Jason (1995). The Aerobic Metabolism and Behavior of the Burrow-dwelling Mantis Shrimp, HEMISQUILLA ENSIGERA CALIFORNIENSIS (MSc thesis). Loma Linda University.


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