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Squillidae
Description | Squillidae is a family of mantis shrimp, the only family in the superfamily Squilloidea. The type genus is Squilla. It is the stomatopod family with the most genera, as follows: From Wikipedia article at https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Squillidae, which is released under the Creative Commons Attribution-Share-Alike License 3.0. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Rank | family | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Taxonomy (GBIF,PBDB) | Life : Animalia : Arthropoda : Malacostraca : Stomatopoda : Squillidae | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Taxonomic Status (GBIF) | accepted | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Classification (PBDB,GBIF) |
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Scientific Name | Squillidae | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Name Published In | in Sonnini’s Buffon, Hist. nat. gén. partic. Crust. Ins., 3: 36 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Opinions (PBDB) |
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Status (PBDB) | extant | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Taxon Size (PBDB) | 9 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Extant Size (PBDB) | 2 (22%) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
First Recorded Appearance | 339 - 318 Ma Carboniferous | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Motility | actively mobile (based on Malacostraca) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Vision | well-developed (based on Malacostraca) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Diet | omnivore (based on Malacostraca) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Taphonomy | chitin (based on Malacostraca) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Primary Reference (PBDB) | H. W. Scott. 1938. A Stomatopod from the Mississippian of Central Montana. Journal of Paleontology 12(5):508-510 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Common Name(s) | Squillid Mantis Shrimps, シャコ | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Wikipedia | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Squillidae |
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Fossil Distribution
Subtaxa
Name | Status | Common Name(s) | Fossil Occurrences | Oldest | Youngest |
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Alima genus | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
Alimopsis genus | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
Alimopsoides genus | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
Anchisquilloides genus | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
Anchisquillopsis genus | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
Areosquilla genus | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
Belosquilla genus | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
Busquilla genus | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
Cloridopsis genus | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
Crenatosquilla genus | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
Distosquilla genus | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
Fennerosquilla genus | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
Gibbesia genus | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
Humesosquilla genus | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
Kaisquilla genus | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
Kempella genus | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
Leptosquilla genus | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
Meiosquilla genus | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
Michalisquilla genus | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
Miyakella genus | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
Natosquilla genus | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
Neclorida genus | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
Neoanchisquilla genus | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
Oratosquilla genus | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
Paralimopsis genus | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
Parvisquilla genus | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
Platysquilla genus | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
Pontiosquilla genus | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
Pterygosquilla genus | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
Rissoides genus | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
Schmittius genus | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
Shako genus | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
Shako ✝ genus | doubtful (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 1 | 23.0 Ma Miocene | 23.0 Ma Miocene | |
Squilla genus | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 14 | 145 Ma Late Jurassic | 0 Ma Extant | |
Squillites ✝ genus | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 1 | 339 Ma Carboniferous | 339 Ma Carboniferous | |
Triasquilla genus | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
Tuleariosquilla genus | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
Ursquilla genus | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
Visaya genus | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
Vossquilla genus | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
Gonodactylis hamifer species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
Gonodactylis kempi species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB |
Obsolete Names
Name | Source | Taxon Rank | Taxonomy |
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Chloridellidae | GBIF | family | Animalia : Arthropoda : Malacostraca : Stomatopoda : Chloridellidae |
Ursquillidae | GBIF | family | Animalia : Arthropoda : Malacostraca : Stomatopoda : Ursquillidae |
Squillares | GBIF | family | Animalia : Arthropoda : Malacostraca : Stomatopoda : Squillares |
Harpiosquillidae | GBIF | family | Animalia : Arthropoda : Malacostraca : Stomatopoda : Harpiosquillidae |
Synonymy List
Year | Name and Author |
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1802 | Squillidae Latreille |
1938 | Squillidae Scott |
2015 | Squillidae Haug et al. p. 284 |
References
Data courtesy of: PBDB: The Paleobiology Database, Creative Commons CC-BY licenced. , GBIF: the Global Biodiversity Information Facility, various licences, iDigBio, various licences, and EOL: The Encyclopedia of Life (Open Data Public Domain). Because fossils are made of minerals too!