All Species
178 Species in Family Squillidae
Nominal species list for Squillidae
Scientific Name Author English Name
Alima alba (Bigelow, 1893)
Alima hieroglyphica (Kemp, 1911) Mantis shrimp
Alima hyalina Leach, 1817
Alima maxima Ahyong, 2002
Alima neptuni (Linnaeus, 1768)
Alima orientalis Manning, 1978
Alima pacifica Ahyong, 2001
Alimopsoides tuberculatus Moosa, 1991
Anchisquilla chani Ahyong, 2001
Anchisquilla fasciata (de Haan, 1844)
Anchisquilla fasciaticauda Liu & Wang, 1998
Anchisquilloides mcneilli (Stephenson, 1953)
Anchisquilloides michelae Moosa, 1986
Anchisquillopsis clevai Moosa, 1986
Areosquilla indica (Hansen, 1926)
Areosquilla interstincta Manning, 1976
Belosquilla laevis (Hess, 1865)
Busquilla plantei Manning, 1978
Busquilla quadraticauda (Fukuda, 1911)
Carinosquilla australiensis Ahyong, 2001
Carinosquilla balicasag Ahyong, 2004
Carinosquilla carinata (Serène, 1950)
Carinosquilla carita Ahyong, 2001
Carinosquilla lirata (Kemp & Chopra, 1921)
Carinosquilla mclaughlinae Ahyong, 2006
Carinosquilla multicarinata (White, 1849)
Carinosquilla redacta Ahyong, 2001
Carinosquilla spinosa Ahyong & Naiyanetr, 2002
Carinosquilla thailandensis Naiyanetr, 1983
Clorida albolitura Ahyong & Naiyanetr, 2000
Clorida bombayensis (Chhapgar & Sane, 1967)
Clorida daviei Ahyong, 2001
Clorida decorata Wood-Mason, 1875
Clorida denticauda (Chhapgar & Sane, 1967)
Clorida depressa (Miers, 1880)
Clorida gaillardi Moosa, 1986
Clorida granti (Stephenson, 1953)
Clorida japonica Manning, 1978
Clorida javanica Moosa, 1974
Clorida latreillei Eydoux & Souleyet, 1842
Clorida obtusa Ahyong, 2001
Clorida rotundicauda (Miers, 1880)
Clorida seversi Moosa, 1973
Clorida wassenbergi Ahyong, 2001
Cloridina albatrossae Ahyong, 2004
Cloridina chlorida (Brooks, 1886)
Cloridina ichneumon (Fabricius, 1798)
Cloridina inflata (Moosa, 1991)
Cloridina malaccensis (Manning, 1968)
Cloridina microphthalma (Milne-Edwards, 1837)
Cloridina moluccensis (Moosa, 1973)
Cloridina pelamidae (Blumstein, 1970)
Cloridina stephensoni Ahyong, 2001
Cloridina verrucosa (Hansen, 1926)
Cloridopsis bengalensis (Tiwari & Biswas, 1952)
Cloridopsis dubia (Milne-Edwards, 1837)
Cloridopsis immaculata Kemp, 1913
Cloridopsis scorpio (Latreile, 1828) Spotted squillid mantis shrimp
Cloridopsis terrareginensis (Stephenson, 1953)
Crenatosquilla oculinova (Glassell, 1942)
Dictyosquilla foveolata (Wood-Mason, 1895)
Dictyosquilla tuberculata Ahyong, 2001
Distosquilla miles (Hess, 1865)
Erugosquilla grahami Ahyong & Manning, 1998
Erugosquilla hesperia (Manning, 1968)
Erugosquilla massavensis (Kossmann, 1880) Red Sea mantis shrimp
Erugosquilla septemdentata (Ahyong, 1994)
Erugosquilla sereni Ahyong & Manning, 1998
Erugosquilla woodmasoni (Kemp, 1911) Smooth squillid mantis shrimp
Fallosquilla fallax (Bouvier, 1914)
Fennerosquilla heptacanta (Chace, 1939)
Harpiosquilla annandalei (Kemp, 1911)
Harpiosquilla harpax (De Haan, 1844) Robber harpiosquillid mantis shrimp
Harpiosquilla indica Manning, 1969
Harpiosquilla japonica Manning, 1969
Harpiosquilla melanoura Manning, 1968
Harpiosquilla raphidea (Fabricus, 1798) Giant harpiosquillid mantis shrimp
Harpiosquilla sinensis Liu & Wang, 1998
Harpiosquilla stephensoni Manning, 1969
Humesosquilla decimdentata (Manning, 1970)
Kaisquilla laevis Ahyong, 2002
Kempella mikado (Kemp & Chopra, 1921)
Kempina stridulans (Wood-Mason, 1894)
Lenisquilla lata (Brooks, 1886)
Leptosquilla schmeltzii (Milne-Edwards, 1873)
Levisquilla inermis (Manning, 1965)
Levisquilla jurichi (Makarov, 1979)
Levisquilla minor (Jurich, 1904)
Lophosquilla costata (de Haan, 1844)
Lophosquilla makarovi Manning, 1995
Lophosquilla tiwarii Blumstein, 1974
Meiosquilla dawsoni Manning, 1970
Meiosquilla desmaresti (Risso, 1816)
Meiosquilla lebouri (Gurney, 1946)
Meiosquilla quadridens (Bigelow, 1893)
Meiosquilla randalli (Manning, 1962)
Meiosquilla schmitti (Lemos de Castro, 1955)
Meiosquilla swetti (Schmitt, 1940)
Meiosquilla tricarinata (Holthuis, 1941)
Miyakea holoschista (Kemp, 1911)
Miyakea nepa (Latreille, 1828) Smalleyed squillid mantis shrimp
Miyakella nepa (Latreille, 1828)
Neclorida miersi (Manning, 1968)
Neoanchisquilla australiensis Ahyong, 1998
Neoanchisquilla semblatae Moosa, 1991
Neoanchisquilla tuberculata Ahyong, 1998
Oratosquilla fabricii (Holthuis, 1941)
Oratosquilla investigatoris (Lloyd, 1907)
Oratosquilla kempi (Schmitt, 1931)
Oratosquilla oratoria (De Haan, 1844) Japanese squillid mantis shrimp
Oratosquilla woodmansoni (Kemp, 1911)
Oratosquillina anomala (Tweedie, 1935)
Oratosquillina asiatica (Manning, 1978)
Oratosquillina berentsae Ahyong, 2001
Oratosquillina birsteini (Makarov, 1971)
Oratosquillina fossulata (Moosa, 1986)
Oratosquillina gravieri (Manning, 1978) Vietnamese squillid mantis shrimp
Oratosquillina hindustanica (Manning, 1978)
Oratosquillina imperialis (Manning, 1965)
Oratosquillina inornata (Tate, 1883)
Oratosquillina interrupta (Kemp, 1911)
Oratosquillina manningi Ahyong, Chan & Liao, 2000
Oratosquillina megalops (Manning, 1980)
Oratosquillina microps (Garcia & Manning, 1982)
Oratosquillina ornata (Manning, 1971)
Oratosquillina pentadactyla (Manning, 1978)
Oratosquillina perpensa (Kemp, 1911) Common squillid mantis shrimp
Oratosquillina quinquedentata (Brooks, 1886) Fivespined squillid mantis shrimp
Oratosquillina solicitans (Manning, 1978) Variable squillid mantis shrimp
Oratosquillina stephensoni (Manning, 1978)
Oratosquillina striata (Manning, 1978)
Oratosquillina turbata (Manning, 1978)
Paralimopsis carinata Moosa, 1991
Parvisquilla dominguez Ahyong & Erdmann, 2003
Parvisquilla multituberculata (Borradaile, 1898)
Parvisquilla sinuosa (Edmondson, 1921)
Platysquilla eusebia (Risso, 1816)
Pontiosquilla caledonica (Moosa, 1991)
Pontiosquilla mauiana (Bigelow, 1931)
Quollastria capricornae Ahyong, 2001
Quollastria fossulata (Moosa, 1985)
Quollastria gonypetes (Kemp, 1911)
Quollastria kapala Ahyong, 2001
Quollastria subtilis (Manning, 1978)
Rissoides africanus (Manning, 1974)
Rissoides calypso (Manning, 1974)
Rissoides desmaresti (Risso, 1816)
Rissoides palidus (Giesbrecht, 1910)
Rissoides pallidus (Giesbrecht, 1910)
Squilla aculeata Bigelow, 1893
Squilla biformis Bigelow, 1891 Sorcerer mantis shrimp
Squilla bigelowi Schmitt
Squilla brasiliensis Calman, 1917
Squilla cadenati Manning, 1970 Angolan mantis shrimp
Squilla chydaea Manning, 1962
Squilla deceptrix Manning, 1969
Squilla edentata (Lunz, 1937)
Squilla empusa Say, 1818
Squilla gibba Nobili, 1903
Squilla gilesi Kemp, 1911
Squilla grenadensis Manning, 1969
Squilla hancocki Schmitt, 1940
Squilla heptacantha unspecified
Squilla intermedia Bigelow, 1893
Squilla lata Kemp, 1913
Squilla lijdingi Holthius, 1959
Squilla mantis (Linnaeus, 1758) Spottail mantis shrimp
Squilla mantoidea Bigelow, 1893 Catalina mantis
Squilla mauritiana Kemp, 1913
Squilla neglecta unspecified
Squilla panamensis Bigelow, 1891 Panama mantis shrimp
Squilla parva Bigelow, 1891 Small mantis shrimp
Squilla prasinolineata unspecified
Squilla rugosa Bigelow, 1893
Squilla simulans Holthuis, 1967
Squilloides leptosquilla (Brooks, 1886)
Triasquilla profunda Ahyong, 2013
Visaya lira Ahyong, 2004
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