WoRMS taxon details
Squilla mantis (Linnaeus, 1758)
136137 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:136137)
accepted
Species
Cancer mantis Linnaeus, 1758 · unaccepted > superseded combination
- Variety Squilla mantis var. major Lamarck, 1818 accepted as Harpiosquilla raphidea (Fabricius, 1798) (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
recent only
(of Cancer mantis Linnaeus, 1758) Linnaeus, C. (1758). Systema Naturae per regna tria naturae, secundum classes, ordines, genera, species, cum characteribus, differentiis, synonymis, locis. [The system of nature through the three kingdoms of nature, according to classes, orders, genera, species, with characters, differences, synonyms, places.]. <em>Impensis Direct. Laurentii Salvii. Holmiae [Stockholm].</em> 1(10) [iii], 824 p., available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/726886 [details] Available for editors 
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Neotype (of Cancer mantis Linnaeus, 1758) NNM S 373,...
Neotype (of Cancer mantis Linnaeus, 1758) NNM S 373, geounit Croatia [details]
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Nomenclature
original description
(of Cancer mantis Linnaeus, 1758) Linnaeus, C. (1758). Systema Naturae per regna tria naturae, secundum classes, ordines, genera, species, cum characteribus, differentiis, synonymis, locis. [The system of nature through the three kingdoms of nature, according to classes, orders, genera, species, with characters, differences, synonyms, places.]. <em>Impensis Direct. Laurentii Salvii. Holmiae [Stockholm].</em> 1(10) [iii], 824 p., available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/726886 [details] Available for editors [request]
basis of record van der Land, J. (2001). Stomatopoda, <B><I>in</I></B>: Costello, M.J. <i>et al.</i> (Ed.) (2001). <i>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,</i> 50: pp. 284 (look up in IMIS) [details]
[request]basis of record van der Land, J. (2001). Stomatopoda, <B><I>in</I></B>: Costello, M.J. <i>et al.</i> (Ed.) (2001). <i>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,</i> 50: pp. 284 (look up in IMIS) [details]
Ecology
ecology source
Looby, A.; Erbe, C.; Bravo, S.; Cox, K.; Davies, H. L.; Di Iorio, L.; Jézéquel, Y.; Juanes, F.; Martin, C. W.; Mooney, T. A.; Radford, C.; Reynolds, L. K.; Rice, A. N.; Riera, A.; Rountree, R.; Spriel, B.; Stanley, J.; Vela, S.; Parsons, M. J. G. (2023). Global inventory of species categorized by known underwater sonifery. <em>Scientific Data.</em> 10(1). (look up in IMIS), available online at https://doi.org/10.1038/s41597-023-02745-4 [details] 
Other
additional source
Holthuis , L.Β. (1984). On some Crustacea Stomatopoda collected by the CANCAP Expeditions in the waters of N.W. Africa and the Azores. CANCAP-project. Contributions, no. 55. Zool. Med. Leiden 58 (8), 17-viii-1984: |131-139, fig. 1. — ISSN 0024-672. [details] Available for editors [request]
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Present Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
Neotype (of Cancer mantis Linnaeus, 1758) NNM S 373, geounit Croatia [details]
| Language | Name | |
|---|---|---|
| Albanian | karkaleci i egërdhelpra e detit | [details] |
| Dutch | gewone bidsprinkhaankreeftbidsprinkhaankreeft | [details] |
| English | spottail mantis squillid | [details] |
| French | squille ocellée | [details] |
| German | gemeiner Heuschreckenkrebs | [details] |
| Modern Greek (1453-) | Ζαβογαρίδα | [details] |
To Barcode of Life (36 barcodes)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (419 publications)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Squilla mantis)
To GenBank (30 nucleotides; 39 proteins)
To PESI
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Arthropoda Collection (56 records)
To ITIS
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (419 publications)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Squilla mantis)
To GenBank (30 nucleotides; 39 proteins)
To PESI
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Arthropoda Collection (56 records)
To ITIS
From editor or global species database
