Tetrasquilla is a genus of mantis shrimp containing a single species, Tetrasquilla mccullochae. It is the only known pantropical stomatopod.[3] The specific epithet commemorates Dr. Irene A. McCulloch, professor of zoology of the University of Southern California.[5]
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Malacostraca |
| Order: | Stomatopoda |
| Family: | Tetrasquillidae |
| Genus: | Tetrasquilla Manning & Chace, 1990[2] |
| Species: | T. mccullochae
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| Binomial name | |
| Tetrasquilla mccullochae | |
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References edit
- ^ "Tetrasquilla mccullochae". Integrated Taxonomic Information System.
- ^ "Tetrasquilla". Integrated Taxonomic Information System.
- ^ a b Raymond B. Manning & David K. Camp (1993). "Erythrosquilloidea, a new superfamily, and Tetrasquillidae, a new family of stomatopod crustaceans". Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington. 106 (1): 85–91.
- ^ Shane Ahyong (2013). "Tetrasquilla mccullochae (Schmitt, 1940)". WoRMS. World Register of Marine Species. Retrieved April 27, 2013.
- ^ Waldo L. Schmitt (1940). "The stomatopods of the west coast of America based on collection made by the Allan Hancock Expeditions 1933–1938". Allan Hancock Pacific Expeditions. 5 (4): 129–225.
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