Ankersquilla pardus

Ankersquilla pardus

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Eurysquilloidea
Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Unikonta Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Cladus: Protostomia Cladus: Ecdysozoa Cladus: Panarthropoda Phylum: Arthropoda Cladus: Pancrustacea Superclassis: Multicrustacea Classis: Malacostraca Subclassis: Hoplocarida Ordo: Stomatopoda Subordo: Unipeltata Superfamilia: Eurysquilloidea

Familia: Eurysquillidae
Genus: Ankersquilla
Species: Ankersquilla pardus

Name

Ankersquilla pardus Ahyong, Porter & Caldwell, 2020

ZooBank: 0BD75B46-0194-43AD-A2E9-049982C56C18

Holotype: UF23346, ♂ (TL 52 mm)

Type locality: Moorea [French Polynesia], NW side of Cook Bay, off Gump station, 17°29.406'S 149°49.578'W, back-reef, sandy reef flat with massive coral blocks and rubble, 1 m, deep in sand under large piece of rubble, fcn BMOO-6054, sta BIZ 5, coll. A. Anker, 17 October 2009.

Etymology: derived from the name Panthera pardus (Linnaeus, 1758), reffering to the leopard- spotted colour pattern of the new species.

References

• Ahyong, S.T., Porter, M.L. & Caldwell, R.L. 2020. The Leopard Mantis Shrimp, Ankersquilla pardus, a new genus and species of eurysquillid from Indo-West Pacific coral reefs. Records of the Australian Museum. 72(1): 1-8. DOI: 10.3853/J.2201-4349.72.2020.1758 Reference page. 

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Links

• WoRMS (2020). Ankersquilla pardus Ahyong, Porter & Caldwell, 2020. Accessed at: http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1424454 on 2020-04-24

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