Bathysquillidae

{{Short description|Family of crustaceans}} {{Automatic taxobox | name = Bathysquillid | image = Specimen of Bathysquilla crassispinosa.JPG | image_caption = ''Bathysquilla crassispinosa'' | taxon = Bathysquillidae | authority = Manning, 1967<ref name=WoRMS/> }}

'''Bathysquillidae''' is a family of mantis shrimp. It contains two genera and three species. The family was described by Raymond Manning in 1967.<ref name="WoRMS" /><ref>{{Cite Q|Q99975284}}</ref>

==Characteristics== Mantis shrimps in this family can be distinguished by the fact that the dorsal surface is rough and covered in tubercles, the exopod (outer branch) of the uropod (fan-like sixth abdominal segment appendage) is fully articulated and the telson (terminal segment) is wider than it is long. The fifth abdominal segment bears no posteriorly directed median spine.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://crust.biota.biodiv.tw/pages/999 |archive-url=https://archive.today/20140210113334/http://crust.biota.biodiv.tw/pages/999 |url-status=dead |archive-date=2014-02-10 |title=Bathysquillidae Manning, 1967 |author=Chan, Tin-Yam |work=BiotaTaiwanica |accessdate=2014-02-10 }}</ref>

==Genera and species== According to the World Register of Marine Species, the family includes the following genera and species:<ref name=WoRMS>{{Cite WoRMS |author=Shane Ahyong |year=2012 |title=Bathysquillidae Manning, 1967 |id=136086 |accessdate=2014-02-10}}</ref>

* Genus ''Altosquilla'' {{small|Bruce, 1985}} ** ''Altosquilla soelae'' {{small|Bruce, 1985}} * Genus ''Bathysquilla'' {{small|Manning, 1963}} ** ''Bathysquilla crassispinosa'' {{small|(Fukuda, 1909)}} ** ''Bathysquilla microps'' {{small|(Manning, 1961)}}

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Category:Stomatopoda Category:Malacostraca families