species: Pseudosquilla ciliata in Lizard Island area: all known taxa (Lizard Island Field Guide)
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Pseudosquilla ciliata


©Roy Caldwell: Pseudosquilla ciliata.

©Roy Caldwell

©Roy Caldwell: Pseudosquilla ciliata showing checkerboard pattern on the eyes

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Kingdom Animalia
Phylum Arthropoda
Class Malacostraca
Order Stomatopoda
Family Pseudosquillidae
Genus Pseudosquilla
Species Pseudosquilla ciliata

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Lizard Island Field Guide
Lizard Island area: all known taxa

Colours

              

Distinguishing features

A medium-sized species growing to 9 cm. Very variable in colour, often matching habitat. Eyes have a distinctive checkerboard pattern. 

Size

  • Size data has not been obtained.

Depth range

  • From 0 m to 50 m

Synonyms

Comments

Roy Caldwell provided LIRS with a list of stomatopods he collected at Lizard Island between 1986 and 1997. It includes Pseudosquilla ciliata with the note: "burrows amon rubble, 0 - 3 m".

by Anne Hoggett

Distribution


©Atlas of Living Australia: Australian distribution

Local abundance

  • Lizard Island: Fairly common on the reef flat at Coconut Beach

Web resources

References

  • Ahyong, S.T. (2001). Revision of the stomatopod Crustacea, Records of the Australian Museum, Supplement, 26: 1-326. LIRS catalog number LIRS 2099.
  • Lin, C., A. Chou and T.W. Cronin (2019). Optic lobe organization in stomatopod crustacean species possessing different degrees of retinal complexity. Journal of Comparative Physiology A, doi.org/10.1007/s00359-019-01387-5. LIRS catalog number 2379.
  • 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.
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