species: Lysiosquillina sulcata in Lizard Island area: all known taxa (Lizard Island Field Guide)
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Lysiosquillina sulcata


©Roy Caldwell: Lysiosquillina sulcata from Lizard Island. Note the absence of white spots on the eyes.

©Roy Caldwell: Lysiosquillina sulcata from Lizard Island, catching a fish (aquarium photo).

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Kingdom Animalia
Phylum Arthropoda
Class Malacostraca
Order Stomatopoda
Family Lysiosquillidae
Genus Lysiosquillina
Species Lysiosquillina sulcata

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Lizard Island area: all known taxa
Lizard Island Field Guide

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Distinguishing features

A burrow-dwelling spearer that grows to about 15 cm long; bilobed eyes do not have white spots; antennal scales are uniform in colour (Roy Caldwell, pers. com., 2018).

Size

  • Up to 15 cm (length according to Shane Ahyong, pers. com., 2018)

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Distribution


©Atlas of Living Australia: Australian distribution

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References

  • Palecanda, K.D. Feller and M.L. Porter, S. (2020). Using larval barcoding to estimate stomatopod species richness at Lizard Island, Australia for conservation monitoring. Scientific Reports, 10: 10990. LIRS catalog number LIRS 2397.
  • Porter, M.L., Y. Zhang, S. Desai, R.L. Caldwell and T.W. Cronin (2010). Evolution of anatomical and physiological specialization in the compound eyes of stomatopod crustaceans. Journal of Experimental Biology, 213: 3473-3486. LIRS catalog number 1736.