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  Order

Stomatopoda

  Class

Malacostraca

  No. of Genera in Ref

44

  No. of Species in Ref

  Environment

Fresh : No | Brackish : No | Marine : Yes

  Aquarium

  First Fossil Record

     

  Remark

Author: Latreille, 1802 (Ref. 3099). Body with longitudinal carinae or ridges; telson with distinct median longitudinal carina; eyes T-shaped, with bilobed cornea; raptorial claw large and slender; opposable margin of propodus of claw lines with low, blunt pectinations; posterior angles of carapace rounded, convex, rather than excavate. Three species of Squillidae occurring in the area are large enough to be of potential interest to fisheries (Ref. 104502).

  Etymology

  Division

  Reproductive guild

  Typical activity level

  Main Ref

  Coordinator

Ref.
[ e.g. 9948]                       

Glossary
                    [ e.g. cephalopods]