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WoRMS taxon details

Squilla empusa Say, 1818

AphiaID

158466 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:158466)

Classification

Status

accepted

Rank

Species

Parent

Squilla Fabricius, 1787

Original name

Squilla empusa Say, 1818

Environment

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

Fossil range

recent + fossil

Original description

Say, T., 1818. An account of the Crustacea of the United States, part 7.— Journal of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia 1: 374-401. [details]

Type data

Lectotype BMNH 158c, geounit Rhode Island

Lectotype BMNH 158c, geounit Rhode Island [details]

Descriptive notes

Distribution Virginian, southside of Cape Cod to Cape Hatteras

Distribution Virginian, southside of Cape Cod to Cape Hatteras [details]

Taxonomic citation

WoRMS (2026). Squilla empusa Say, 1818. Accessed at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=158466 on 2026-06-29

Taxonomic edit history

Date

action

2005-05-26 07:43:32Z

created

Cuvelier, Daphne

2009-07-15 09:44:21Z

changed

db_admin

2013-12-29 21:26:55Z

checked

Ahyong, Shane

2019-05-21 08:51:23Z

changed

Ahyong, Shane

Licensing

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Nomenclature

original description Say, T., 1818. An account of the Crustacea of the United States, part 7.— Journal of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia 1: 374-401. [details]

basis of record Pollock, L.W. (1998). A practical guide to the marine animals of northeastern North America. Rutgers University Press. New Brunswick, New Jersey & London. 367 pp., available online at http://books.google.com/books?id=i1AmT31cuR4C [details]

Other

context source (Deepsea) Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission (IOC) of UNESCO. The Ocean Biogeographic Information System (OBIS), available online at http://www.iobis.org/ [details]

additional source Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS). , available online at http://www.itis.gov [details]

additional source Manning, R.B. (1969): Stomatopod Crustacea from the Western Atlantic. - Stud. Trop. Oceanogr., 8, Inst. mar. Sci., Univ. Miami, 380pp. [details]

additional source Reaka, M. L., D. K. Camp, F. Álvarez, A. G. Gracia, M. Ortiz, and A. R. Vázquez-Bader. 2009. Stomatopoda (Crustacea) of the Gulf of Mexico, Pp. 901–921 in Felder, D.L. and D.K. Camp (eds.), Gulf of Mexico–Origins, Waters, and Biota. Biodiversity. Texas A& [details]