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WoRMS taxon details

Incertasquilla chimera Ahyong, Nakajima & Naruse, 2024

1760042  (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:1760042)

accepted
Species
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
recent only
Ahyong, S. T.; Nakajima, H.; Naruse, T. (2024). A new genus and species of mantis shrimp from Australia and Japan (Crustacea: Stomatopoda), with a revised diagnosis of Tetrasquillidae and a key to its genera. <em>Journal of Crustacean Biology.</em> 44: ruae038., available online at https://doi.org/10.1093/jcbiol/ruae038 [details] Available for editors  PDF available [request]
Holotype  WAM C43370, geounit Ningaloo  
Holotype WAM C43370, geounit Ningaloo [details]
Etymology Named chimera, after the creature in Greek mythology composed of disparate parts of several animals, alluding to the...  
Etymology Named chimera, after the creature in Greek mythology composed of disparate parts of several animals, alluding to the unusual combination of familial characters of the new species. Used as a noun in apposition. [details]
WoRMS (2025). Incertasquilla chimera Ahyong, Nakajima & Naruse, 2024. Accessed at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1760042 on 2025-06-08
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2024-07-10 11:10:18Z
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Nomenclature

original description Ahyong, S. T.; Nakajima, H.; Naruse, T. (2024). A new genus and species of mantis shrimp from Australia and Japan (Crustacea: Stomatopoda), with a revised diagnosis of Tetrasquillidae and a key to its genera. <em>Journal of Crustacean Biology.</em> 44: ruae038., available online at https://doi.org/10.1093/jcbiol/ruae038 [details] Available for editors  PDF available [request]

 
 Present  Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio   Inaccurate  Introduced: alien  Containing type locality 
   

Holotype WAM C43370, geounit Ningaloo [details]
From editor or global species database
Etymology Named chimera, after the creature in Greek mythology composed of disparate parts of several animals, alluding to the unusual combination of familial characters of the new species. Used as a noun in apposition. [details]

Holotype WAM C43370, male (TL 86 mm, CL 15.20 mm), Point Cloates, Western Australia, 22°46’57“S, 113°40’07”E to 22°46’57”S, 113°40’04”E, 39.8–39.7 m, demersal trawl, SOL4769/2008/2-046SL02, #5, RV Cape Ferguson, coll. O. Gomez & J. Colquhoun, 23 August 2008. [details]
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English chimera mantis shrimp  [details]