Stomatopoda: Families

S.T. Ahyong & J.K. Lowry


Indosquillidae

Indosquillidae Manning, 1995: 28. --Ahyong, 2001: 14.

Diagnosis. Head rostral plate with long, slender median spine; eyes cornea without midband of ommatidia. Antennae (antenna 2) protopod without anteriorly directed "dorsal" spine or articulated plate. Maxilliped 2 base of dactylus uninflated, dactylus with more than 3 large teeth. Maxilliped 3 propodus ovoid, longer than broad. Maxilliped 4 propodus ovoid, usually longer than broad, occasionally as long as broad. Maxillipeds 3 and 4 propodi not ribbed "distally". Abdomen segments dorsoventrally depressed in cross-section; abdominal segment 5 with large posteromedian spine. Uropod protopod forked; with diaeresis. Telson with distinct median carina, without spines or spinules, without intermediate denticles, primary teeth distinct, slender, all with movable apices.

Generic composition. Indosquilla Manning, 1995.



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