African Register of Marine Species (AfReMaS)

WoRMS taxon details

Protosquilla Brooks, 1886

AphiaID

136109 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:136109)

Classification

Status

accepted

Rank

Genus

Type taxon

Gonodactylus folini A. Milne-Edwards, 1867 accepted as Protosquilla folini (A. Milne-Edwards, 1867)

Type taxon of

Protosquillidae Manning, 1980

Parent

Protosquillidae Manning, 1980

Original name

Protosquilla Brooks, 1886

Direct children (11)

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Species Protosquilla calypso Manning, 1974
Species Protosquilla folini (A. Milne-Edwards, 1867)
Species Protosquilla brooksii de Man, 1887 accepted as Chorisquilla brooksii (de Man, 1887) (Basionym)
Species Protosquilla cerebralis Brooks, 1886 accepted as Haptosquilla glyptocercus (Wood-Mason, 1875) (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
Species Protosquilla ectypa Müller, 1886 accepted as Haptosquilla ectypa (Müller, 1886) (unaccepted > superseded combination, Basionym)
Species Protosquilla elongata Brooks, 1886 accepted as Protosquilla folini (A. Milne-Edwards, 1867) (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
Species Protosquilla glabra Lenz, 1905 accepted as Haptosquilla glabra (Lenz, 1905) (unaccepted > superseded combination, Basionym)
Species Protosquilla hystrix Nobili, 1899 accepted as Chorisquilla hystrix (Nobili, 1899) (unaccepted > superseded combination, Basionym)
Species Protosquilla lenzi (Holthuis, 1941) accepted as Haptosquilla glabra (Lenz, 1905) (unnecessary replacement name)
Species Protosquilla tanensis Fukuda, 1911 accepted as Haptosquilla tanensis (Fukuda, 1911) (unaccepted > superseded combination, Basionym)
Species Protosquilla tuberculata Borradaile, 1907 accepted as Chorisquilla tuberculata (Borradaile, 1907) (unaccepted > superseded combination, Basionym)

Environment

marine, ~~brackish~~, ~~fresh~~, ~~terrestrial~~

Fossil range

recent only

Grammatical gender

feminine

Original description

Brooks, W.K. (1886). The Stomatopoda of the “Challenger” Collection. Johns Hopkins University Circulars. 5: 83–85. [details]

Taxonomic citation

WoRMS (2025). Protosquilla Brooks, 1886. Accessed at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=136109 on 2025-05-16

Taxonomic edit history

Date

action

2004-12-21 15:54:05Z

created

van der Land, Jacob

2006-09-28 06:51:36Z

changed

Martinez, Olga

2009-07-24 06:34:14Z

changed

db_admin

2013-08-30 01:30:05Z

checked

Ahyong, Shane

2023-03-21 02:57:46Z

changed

Ahyong, Shane

Licensing

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Nomenclature

original description Brooks, W.K. (1886). The Stomatopoda of the “Challenger” Collection. Johns Hopkins University Circulars. 5: 83–85. [details]

basis of record van der Land, J. (2001). Stomatopoda, in: Costello, M.J. et al. (Ed.) (2001). European register of marine species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. Collection Patrimoines Naturels, 50: pp. 284 (look up in IMIS) [details]

Other

additional source MASDEA (1997). [details]

additional source Manning, R.B. (1977). A monograph of the West African Stomatopod Crustacea. Atlantide Report. 12: 1–181. [details] Available for editors

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Unreviewed

Remark Family Protosquillidae listed in <282>, not this genus. [details]

Definitions

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To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Protosquilla)
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