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Kempella Low & Ahyong, 2010

AphiaID

724163 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:724163)

Classification

Status

accepted

Rank

Genus

Type taxon

Squilla mikado Kemp & Chopra, 1921 accepted as Kempella mikado (Kemp & Chopra, 1921) (type by typification of replaced name)

Parent

Squillidae Latreille, 1802

Original name

Kempella Low & Ahyong, 2010

Synonymised names

Kempina Manning, 1978 · unaccepted > junior homonym (Preoccupied by Kempina Roewer,...)

Preoccupied by Kempina Roewer, 1911 [Arachnida]

Direct children (2)

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Species Kempella mikado (Kemp & Chopra, 1921)
Species Kempella stridulans (Wood-Mason, 1895)

Environment

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

Fossil range

recent only

Grammatical gender

feminine

Original description

Low, M. E. Y.; Ahyong, S. T. (2010). Kempella nom. nov., a replacement name for Kempina Manning, 1978 (Crustacea: Stomatopoda: Squillidae), preoccupied by Kempina Roewer, 1911, a junior synonym of Zaleptus Thorell, 1877 Arachnida: Opiliones: Sclerosomatidae). Zootaxa. 2642: 68., available online at https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.2642.1.7 [details] Available for editors

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Taxonomic citation

WoRMS (2026). Kempella Low & Ahyong, 2010. Accessed at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=724163 on 2026-08-22

Taxonomic edit history

Date

action

2013-04-02 22:11:38Z

created

Ahyong, Shane

2022-07-06 12:46:47Z

changed

Ahyong, Shane

2023-03-21 09:33:37Z

changed

Ahyong, Shane

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Nomenclature

original description Low, M. E. Y.; Ahyong, S. T. (2010). Kempella nom. nov., a replacement name for Kempina Manning, 1978 (Crustacea: Stomatopoda: Squillidae), preoccupied by Kempina Roewer, 1911, a junior synonym of Zaleptus Thorell, 1877 Arachnida: Opiliones: Sclerosomatidae). Zootaxa. 2642: 68., available online at https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.2642.1.7 [details] Available for editors

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original description (of Kempina Manning, 1978) Manning, R.B. (1978): Further observations on Oratosquilla, with accounts of two new genera and nine new species (Crustacea: Stomatopoda: Squillidae). - Smiths. Contr. Zool., 272: 1-44., available online at https://doi.org/10.5479/si.00810282.272 [details]