Heterosquilla tricarinata

Heterosquilla tricarinata

Naturally Uncommon (NZ TCS)[1]
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Malacostraca
Order: Stomatopoda
Family: Tetrasquillidae
Genus: Heterosquilla
Species:
H. tricarinata
Binomial name
Heterosquilla tricarinata
(Claus, 1871)
Synonyms

Coronis spinosa Wood-Mason, 1875 Coronis tricarinata Claus, 1871 Squilla indefensa 1878

Heterosquilla tricarinata is a species of mantis shrimp in the family Tetrasquillidae. It is known from both the Andaman Islands and New Zealand.[2]

Heterosquilla tricarinata live in tidal mud flats creating extensive barrow systems.[3] They can experience low environmental oxygen levels. However, the shrimp is well adapted to the low oxygen levels in its habitat. [4] The shrimp ranges from a light beige to greenish colour with the females often having a distinctive red stripe along the spine.

It is an ambush predator with sharp pincers.[5]

References

  1. ^ Funnell, Greig; et al. (January 2023). Todd, Amanda (ed.). Conservation status of indigenous marine invertebrates in Aotearoa New Zealand, 2021 (PDF) (Report). New Zealand Department of Conservation. p. 24. ISBN 978-1-99-118365-1. Retrieved 27 September 2024.
  2. ^ Raymond B. Manning (1978). "New and rare stomatopod Crustacea from the Indo-West-Pacific Region" (PDF). Smithsonian Contributions to Zoology. 264 (264): 1–36. doi:10.5479/si.00810282.264.
  3. ^ "Shrimp, Mantis". The Marine Life Database 2020. University of Otago. Retrieved 19 October 2024.
  4. ^ Innes, Alastair J (1985). "Aerobic scope for activity of the burrowing mantis shrimp Heterosquilla tricarinata at low environmental oxygen tensions". Comparative Biochemistry and Physiology Part A: Physiology. 81 (4): 827–832. doi:10.1016/0300-9629(85)90914-4.
  5. ^ "Shrimp, Mantis". The Marine Life Database 2020. University of Otago. Retrieved 19 October 2024.


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