African Register of Marine Species (AfReMaS) - Pterygosquilla Hilgendorf, 1890

WoRMS taxon details

Pterygosquilla Hilgendorf, 1890

AphiaID

246443 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:246443)

Classification

Status

accepted

Rank

Genus

Type taxon

Pterygosquilla laticauda Hilgendorf, 1890 accepted as Pterygosquilla gracilipes (Miers, 1881) (type by monotypy)

Parent

Squillidae Latreille, 1802

Original name

Pterygosquilla Hilgendorf, 1890

Direct children (5)

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Species Pterygosquilla armata (H. Milne Edwards, 1837)
Species Pterygosquilla capensis Manning, 1969
Species Pterygosquilla gracilipes (Miers, 1881)
Species Pterygosquilla schizodontia (Richardson, 1953)
Species Pterygosquilla laticauda Hilgendorf, 1890 accepted as Pterygosquilla gracilipes (Miers, 1881) (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)

Environment

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

Fossil range

recent only

Grammatical gender

feminine

Original description

Hilgendorf, F. (1890): Eine neue Stomatopoden-Gattung Pterygosquilla. - Sitz.-Ber. Ges. naturf. Freunde Berlin, 1890: 172-177. [details]

Taxonomic citation

WoRMS (2025). Pterygosquilla Hilgendorf, 1890. Accessed at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=246443 on 2025-06-01

Taxonomic edit history

Date

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2007-09-12 07:13:21Z

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Vandepitte, Leen

2009-07-15 09:44:21Z

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2013-04-01 22:46:56Z

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Ahyong, Shane

2023-03-30 12:17:05Z

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Ahyong, Shane

2023-04-01 10:34:44Z

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Ahyong, Shane

Licensing

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Nomenclature

original description Hilgendorf, F. (1890): Eine neue Stomatopoden-Gattung Pterygosquilla. - Sitz.-Ber. Ges. naturf. Freunde Berlin, 1890: 172-177. [details]

Other

additional source Ahyong, S. T. (2012). The marine fauna of New Zealand: mantis shrimps Crustacea (Stomatopoda). <em>NIWA Biodiversity Memoir.</em> 125: 1-111. [details]

Definitions

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To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Pterygosquilla)
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