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Family: Squillidae squillid mantis shrimps (See list of species below)

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150 species with fin ray counts including ? spines in dorsal and ? in anal fins (see list below)

No picture found Alima alba []	No picture found Alima hieroglyphica [Mantis shrimp]	No picture found Alima hyalina []
No picture found Alima maxima []	No picture found Alima neptuni []	No picture found Alima orientalis []
No picture found Alima pacifica []	No picture found Alimopsoides tuberculatus []	No picture found Anchisquilla chani []
Anchisquilla fasciata []	No picture found Anchisquilla fasciaticauda []	No picture found Anchisquilloides mcneilli []
No picture found Anchisquilloides michelae []	No picture found Anchisquillopsis clevai []	No picture found Areosquilla indica []
No picture found Belosquilla laevis []	No picture found Busquilla plantei []	Busquilla quadraticauda []
No picture found Carinosquilla australiensis []	No picture found Carinosquilla balicasag []	No picture found Carinosquilla carinata []
No picture found Carinosquilla carita []	No picture found Carinosquilla lirata []	No picture found Carinosquilla mclaughlinae []
Carinosquilla multicarinata []	No picture found Carinosquilla redacta []	No picture found Carinosquilla spinosa []
No picture found Carinosquilla thailandensis []	Clorida albolitura []	Clorida bombayensis []
No picture found Clorida daviei []	No picture found Clorida decorata []	Clorida denticauda []
No picture found Clorida depressa []	No picture found Clorida gaillardi []	No picture found Clorida granti []
No picture found Clorida japonica []	No picture found Clorida javanica []	No picture found Clorida latreillei []
No picture found Clorida obtusa []	Clorida rotundicauda []	No picture found Clorida seversi []
No picture found Clorida wassenbergi []	No picture found Cloridina albatrossae []	No picture found Cloridina chlorida []
No picture found Cloridina inflata []	No picture found Cloridina malaccensis []	No picture found Cloridina microphthalma []
No picture found Cloridina moluccensis []	No picture found Cloridina pelamidae []	No picture found Cloridina stephensoni []
Cloridina verrucosa []	No picture found Cloridopsis bengalensis []	No picture found Cloridopsis dubia []
No picture found Cloridopsis immaculata []	Cloridopsis scorpio [Spotted squillid mantis shrimp]	No picture found Cloridopsis terrareginensis []
No picture found Crenatosquilla oculinova []	No picture found Dictyosquilla foveolata []	No picture found Dictyosquilla tuberculata []
No picture found Distosquilla miles []	Erugosquilla grahami []	No picture found Erugosquilla hesperia []
Erugosquilla massavensis [Red Sea mantis shrimp]	No picture found Erugosquilla sereni []	Erugosquilla woodmasoni [Smooth squillid mantis shrimp]
No picture found Fallosquilla fallax []	No picture found Fennerosquilla heptacanta []	Harpiosquilla annandalei []
Harpiosquilla harpax [Robber harpiosquillid mantis shrimp]	Harpiosquilla indica []	Harpiosquilla japonica []
Harpiosquilla melanoura []	Harpiosquilla raphidea [Giant harpiosquillid mantis shrimp]	Harpiosquilla sinensis []
No picture found Harpiosquilla stephensoni []	No picture found Humesosquilla decimdentata []	No picture found Kaisquilla laevis []
Kempella mikado []	Kempina stridulans []	Lenisquilla lata []
No picture found Leptosquilla schmeltzii []	Levisquilla inermis []	No picture found Levisquilla jurichi []
No picture found Levisquilla minor []	Lophosquilla costata []	No picture found Lophosquilla makarovi []
No picture found Lophosquilla tiwarii []	No picture found Meiosquilla dawsoni []	No picture found Meiosquilla lebouri []
No picture found Meiosquilla swetti []	No picture found Meiosquilla tricarinata []	No picture found Miyakea holoschista []
Miyakea nepa [Smalleyed squillid mantis shrimp]	No picture found Miyakella nepa []	No picture found Neclorida miersi []
No picture found Neoanchisquilla australiensis []	No picture found Neoanchisquilla semblatae []	No picture found Neoanchisquilla tuberculata []
Oratosquilla fabricii []	No picture found Oratosquilla investigatoris []	No picture found Oratosquilla kempi []
Oratosquilla oratoria [Japanese squillid mantis shrimp]	No picture found Oratosquilla woodmansoni []	No picture found Oratosquillina anomala []
Oratosquillina asiatica []	No picture found Oratosquillina berentsae []	No picture found Oratosquillina fossulata []
Oratosquillina gravieri [Vietnamese squillid mantis shrimp]	No picture found Oratosquillina imperialis []	Oratosquillina inornata []
Oratosquillina interrupta []	Oratosquillina manningi []	No picture found Oratosquillina ornata []
Oratosquillina perpensa [Common squillid mantis shrimp]	Oratosquillina quinquedentata [Fivespined squillid mantis shrimp]	Oratosquillina solicitans [Variable squillid mantis shrimp]
No picture found Oratosquillina stephensoni []	No picture found Parvisquilla dominguez []	No picture found Parvisquilla multituberculata []
No picture found Parvisquilla sinuosa []	No picture found Platysquilla eusebia []	No picture found Pontiosquilla caledonica []
No picture found Pontiosquilla mauiana []	No picture found Quollastria capricornae []	Quollastria gonypetes []
No picture found Quollastria kapala []	No picture found Quollastria subtilis []	No picture found Rissoides desmaresti []
No picture found Rissoides palidus []	Rissoides pallidus []	No picture found Squilla aculeata []
No picture found Squilla biformis [Sorcerer mantis shrimp]	No picture found Squilla bigelowi []	No picture found Squilla cadenati [Angolan mantis shrimp]
No picture found Squilla empusa []	No picture found Squilla gibba []	No picture found Squilla gilesi []
No picture found Squilla hancocki []	No picture found Squilla heptacantha []	No picture found Squilla intermedia []
No picture found Squilla lata []	Squilla mantis [Spottail mantis shrimp]	No picture found Squilla mantoidea [Catalina mantis]
No picture found Squilla mauritiana []	No picture found Squilla panamensis [Panama mantis shrimp]	No picture found Squilla parva [Small mantis shrimp]
No picture found Squilla simulans []	Squilloides leptosquilla []	No picture found Visaya lira []

150 Species of Family Squillidae
(squillid mantis shrimps)

Sort by: Species Length

Scientific Name	English Name	Distribution	Max. Length (cm)
Alima alba		Western Central Atlantic
Alima hieroglyphica	Mantis shrimp	Indo-Pacific
Alima hyalina		Western Central Atlantic
Alima maxima		Eastern Central Pacific	8.3 TL
Alima neptuni		Circumtropical
Alima orientalis		Indo-West Pacific.	6.2 TL
Alima pacifica		Western Central Pacific
Alimopsoides tuberculatus		Indo-West Pacific	6.2 TL
Anchisquilla chani		Indo-West Pacific.
Anchisquilla fasciata		Indo-West Pacific.	10 TL
Anchisquilla fasciaticauda		Northwest Pacific
Anchisquilloides mcneilli		Indo-West Pacific	11 TL
Anchisquilloides michelae		Western Central Pacific
Anchisquillopsis clevai		Western Central Pacific
Areosquilla indica		Indo-West Pacific.
Belosquilla laevis		Indo-West Pacific	12.7 TL
Busquilla plantei		Indo-Pacific	10.3 TL
Busquilla quadraticauda		Indo-Pacific.	9.2 TL
Carinosquilla australiensis		Western Central Pacific
Carinosquilla balicasag		Western Central Pacific
Carinosquilla carinata		Indo-West Pacific.
Carinosquilla carita		Indo-West Pacific
Carinosquilla lirata		Western Pacific
Carinosquilla mclaughlinae		Western Indian Ocean
Carinosquilla multicarinata		Indo-West Pacific.
Carinosquilla redacta		Western Central Pacific
Carinosquilla spinosa		Eastern Indian Ocean
Carinosquilla thailandensis		Western Pacific	15.2 TL
Clorida albolitura		Indo-West Pacific and int	7.5 TL
Clorida bombayensis		Indo-West Pacific.	10 TL
Clorida daviei		Western Central Pacific
Clorida decorata		Indo-West Pacific
Clorida denticauda		Indo-West Pacific.
Clorida depressa		Western Central Pacific	9 TL
Clorida gaillardi		Western Central Pacific
Clorida granti		Western Central Pacific	6.8 TL
Clorida japonica		Northwest Pacific
Clorida javanica		Western Central Pacific
Clorida latreillei		Indo-West Pacific
Clorida obtusa		Western Central Pacific
Clorida rotundicauda		Indo-West Pacific
Clorida seversi		Western Pacific	3.4 TL
Clorida wassenbergi		Western Central Pacific
Cloridina albatrossae		Western Central Pacific
Cloridina chlorida		Indo-West Pacific.	5.3 TL
Cloridina inflata		Western Central Pacific	5.1 TL
Cloridina malaccensis		Western Pacific.
Cloridina microphthalma		Indo-West Pacific.
Cloridina moluccensis		Western Central Pacific	10.8 TL
Cloridina pelamidae		Indo-West Pacific.	8.5 TL
Cloridina stephensoni		Indo-West Pacific
Cloridina verrucosa		Western Central Pacific.	4.5 TL
Cloridopsis bengalensis		Western Indian Ocean
Cloridopsis dubia		Indo-Pacific and Western
Cloridopsis immaculata		Western Central Pacific
Cloridopsis scorpio	Spotted squillid mantis shrimp	Indo-West Pacific.	10 TL
Cloridopsis terrareginensis		Indo-West Pacific	10.3 TL
Crenatosquilla oculinova		Eastern Pacific.	4 TL
Dictyosquilla foveolata		Indo-West Pacific
Dictyosquilla tuberculata		Indo-West Pacific
Distosquilla miles		Indo-West Pacific	15.1 TL
Erugosquilla grahami		Western Pacific	17.7 TL
Erugosquilla hesperia		Indo-West Pacific
Erugosquilla massavensis	Red Sea mantis shrimp	Indian Ocean	21.6 TL
Erugosquilla sereni		Western Central Pacific
Erugosquilla woodmasoni	Smooth squillid mantis shrimp	Indo-West Pacific	15.3 TL
Fallosquilla fallax		Indo-West Pacific.	5.9 TL
Fennerosquilla heptacanta		Western Central Atlantic
Harpiosquilla annandalei		Indo-West Pacific.	13.7 TL
Harpiosquilla harpax	Robber harpiosquillid mantis shrimp	Indo-West Pacific	26.2 TL
Harpiosquilla indica		Western Central Pacific
Harpiosquilla japonica		Western Pacific
Harpiosquilla melanoura		Indo-West Pacific.	16.8 TL
Harpiosquilla raphidea	Giant harpiosquillid mantis shrimp	Indo-West Pacific	36.6 TL
Harpiosquilla sinensis		Western Pacific	20.6 TL
Harpiosquilla stephensoni		Indo-West Pacific	31.5 TL
Humesosquilla decimdentata		Caribbean Sea.	9 TL
Kaisquilla laevis		Western Indian Ocean
Kempella mikado		Indo-West Pacific.	18.2 TL
Kempina stridulans		Indo-West Pacific
Lenisquilla lata		Indo-West Pacific.	8.8 TL
Leptosquilla schmeltzii		Indo-Pacific.
Levisquilla inermis		Western Pacific	4.6 TL
Levisquilla jurichi		Indo-West Pacific.	5.1 TL
Levisquilla minor		Indo-West Pacific
Lophosquilla costata		Indo-West Pacific	8.9 TL
Lophosquilla makarovi		Western Pacific
Lophosquilla tiwarii		Indo-West Pacific.	6.6 TL
Meiosquilla dawsoni		Eastern Central Pacific
Meiosquilla lebouri		Western Central Atlantic	1.5 TL
Meiosquilla swetti		Eastern Central Pacific.
Meiosquilla tricarinata		Southwest Atlantic	3.5 TL
Miyakea holoschista		Indo-West Pacific.
Miyakea nepa	Smalleyed squillid mantis shrimp	Indo-West Pacific	17 TL
Miyakella nepa		Indo-West Pacific.
Neclorida miersi		Indo-West Pacific
Neoanchisquilla australiensis		Eastern Indian Ocean
Neoanchisquilla semblatae		Western Central Pacific
Neoanchisquilla tuberculata		Indo-Pacific
Oratosquilla fabricii		Indo-Pacific.	17.5 TL
Oratosquilla investigatoris		Western Indian Ocean	3.7 CL
Oratosquilla kempi		Indo-West Pacific.
Oratosquilla oratoria	Japanese squillid mantis shrimp	Western Pacific	18.5 TL
Oratosquilla woodmansoni		Indo-West Pacific
Oratosquillina anomala		Western Pacific	16.4 TL
Oratosquillina asiatica		Western Pacific
Oratosquillina berentsae		Southwest Pacific
Oratosquillina fossulata		Western Pacific
Oratosquillina gravieri	Vietnamese squillid mantis shrimp	Western Central Pacific	12.3 TL
Oratosquillina imperialis		Western Pacific
Oratosquillina inornata		Indo-Malaysian region.	11.2 TL
Oratosquillina interrupta		Indo-West Pacific.	16 TL
Oratosquillina manningi		Eastern Indian Ocean	9 TL
Oratosquillina ornata		Western Pacific
Oratosquillina perpensa	Common squillid mantis shrimp	Indo-West Pacific	10 TL
Oratosquillina quinquedentata	Fivespined squillid mantis shrimp	Indo-West Pacific	14 TL
Oratosquillina solicitans	Variable squillid mantis shrimp	Western Central Pacific	10 TL
Oratosquillina stephensoni		Indo-West Pacific	15.7 TL
Parvisquilla dominguez		Western Central Pacific
Parvisquilla multituberculata		Indo-Pacific.
Parvisquilla sinuosa		Eastern Central Pacific
Platysquilla eusebia		Northwest Atlantic and th
Pontiosquilla caledonica		Western Pacific
Pontiosquilla mauiana		Pacific Ocean
Quollastria capricornae		Western Central Pacific.
Quollastria gonypetes		Indo-West Pacific	10.4 TL
Quollastria kapala		Western Central Pacific
Quollastria subtilis		Indo-West Pacific.	5.3 TL
Rissoides desmaresti		Northern Atlantic, Wester
Rissoides palidus		Mediterranean Sea.
Rissoides pallidus		Mediterranean Sea
Squilla aculeata		Eastern Pacific	15 TL
Squilla biformis	Sorcerer mantis shrimp	Eastern Pacific
Squilla bigelowi		Eastern Central Pacific
Squilla cadenati	Angolan mantis shrimp	Eastern Atlantic	17 BL
Squilla empusa		Western Central Atlantic
Squilla gibba		Western Indian Ocean
Squilla gilesi		Western Indian Ocean
Squilla hancocki		Eastern Central Pacific
Squilla heptacantha		Western Central Atlantic
Squilla intermedia		Central Pacific and Atlan
Squilla lata		Western Pacific
Squilla mantis	Spottail mantis shrimp	Eastern Atlantic from Gul	20 TL
Squilla mantoidea	Catalina mantis	Eastern Pacific	22.2 TL
Squilla mauritiana		Indo-Pacific
Squilla panamensis	Panama mantis shrimp	Eastern Pacific	17.3 TL
Squilla parva	Small mantis shrimp	Eastern Pacific	7.7 TL
Squilla simulans		Western Indian Ocean
Squilloides leptosquilla		Indo-West Pacific.	11.8 TL
Visaya lira		Western Central Pacific

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