Family TETRASQUILLIDAE Manning & Camp, 1993
- Tetrasquillidae Manning, R.B. & Camp, D.K. 1993. Erythrosquilloidea, a new superfamily and Tetrasquillidae, a new family of stomatopod crustaceans. Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington 106(1): 85-91 [88, 89].
Type genus:
Tetrasquilla Manning & Chace, 1990. - Heterosquillidae Manning, R.B. 1995. Stomatopod Crustacea of Vietnam: The Legacy of Raoul Serène. Crustacean Research Spec. No. 4: ii-ix 1-339 [123].
Type genus:
Heterosquilla Manning, 1963.
Introduction
The known Australian genera in this family, Acaenosquilla and Kasim, were placed in the Heterosquillidae by Manning (1995), but revisionary work shows that family is a junior synonym of Tetrasquillidae (Ahyong & Harling 2000; Ahyong 2001).
Like lysiosquillids, tetrasquillids occupy burrows on soft substrates, but usually in relatively deeper waters exceeding 50–60 metres.
Taxonomic Decision for Synonymy
- Ahyong, S.T. & Harling, C. 2000. The phylogeny of the stomatopod Crustacea. Australian Journal of Zoology 48: 607-642 [626]
Diagnosis
Cornea bilobed; typically with six rows of hexagonal ommatidia in the mid-band. Third and fourth maxillipeds with propodi ribbed or beaded ventrally. Abdominal articulation compact. Raptorial claw with dactylus uninflated basally. Pereiopod 3 with slender or elongate-oval endopod. Telson with primary teeth and denticles distinct, slender, not fused into margin. Dorsal margin of uropodal endopod with weak dorsal proximal fold.
General References
Ahyong, S.T. 2001. Revision of the Australian Stomatopod Crustacea. Records of the Australian Museum Suppl. 26: 1-326
Ahyong, S.T. & Harling, C. 2000. The phylogeny of the stomatopod Crustacea. Australian Journal of Zoology 48: 607-642
Manning, R.B. 1995. Stomatopod Crustacea of Vietnam: The Legacy of Raoul Serène. Crustacean Research Spec. No. 4: ii-ix 1-339
Manning, R.B. & Camp, D.K. 1993. Erythrosquilloidea, a new superfamily and Tetrasquillidae, a new family of stomatopod crustaceans. Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington 106(1): 85-91