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Bathysquillidae
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Bathysquillid
Bathysquilla crassispinosa
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Malacostraca
Order: Stomatopoda
Superfamily: Bathysquilloidea
Family: Bathysquillidae
Manning, 1967[1]

Bathysquillidae is a family of mantis shrimp. It contains two genera and three species. The family was described by Raymond Manning in 1967.[1][2]

Characteristics

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Mantis shrimps in this family can be distinguished by the fact that the dorsal surface is rough and covered in tubercles, the exopod (outer branch) of the uropod (fan-like sixth abdominal segment appendage) is fully articulated and the telson (terminal segment) is wider than it is long. The fifth abdominal segment bears no posteriorly directed median spine.[3]

Genera and species

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According to the World Register of Marine Species, the family includes the following genera and species:[1]

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