Parasquillidae

{{Short description|Family of crustaceans}} {{Automatic taxobox | display_parents = 2 | parent_authority = Ahyong & Harling, 2000 <ref>{{ITIS |id=621178 |taxon=Parasquilloidea Ahyong & Harling, 2000 |accessdate=March 6, 2011}}</ref> | taxon = Parasquillidae | authority = Manning, 1995 <ref>{{ITIS |id=621367 |taxon=Parasquillidae Manning, 1995 |accessdate=March 6, 2011}}</ref> | subdivision_ranks = Genera | subdivision = *''Faughnia'' Serène, 1962 *''Parasquilla'' Manning, 1961 *''Pseudosquillopsis'' Serène, 1962 }} [[File:Naturalis Biodiversity Center - RMNH.ART.23 - Parasquilla haani - Kawahara Keiga - 1823 - 1829 - Siebold Collection - pencil drawing - water colour.jpeg|thumb|left|''Parasquilla haani'' painted by Kawahara Keiga in the period 1823 - 1829. Siebold Collection.]]

'''Parasquillidae''' is a family of mantis shrimp containing the three genera ''Faughnia'', ''Parasquilla'' and ''Pseudosquillopsis''.<ref>{{cite web |author=Shane T. Ahyong & J.K. Lowry |year=2001 |work=Stomatopoda: Families |title=Parasquillidae |url=http://www.crustacea.net/crustace/stomatopoda/www/parasq.htm |accessdate=February 8, 2010}}</ref> It was previously included in the superfamily Gonodactyloidea, but that group was found to be paraphyletic, and a new superfamily, '''Parasquilloidea''' was erected.<ref>{{cite journal |journal=Arthropod Systematics & Phylogeny |volume=67 |issue=1 |pages=91–98 |year=2009 |title=Stomatopod Interrelationships: preliminary results based on analysis of three molecular loci |author=Shane T. Ahyong & Simon N. Jarman |url=http://www.arthropod-systematics.de/ASP_67_1/ASP_67_1_Ahyong_91-98.pdf |archive-date=2016-03-03 |access-date=2010-02-08 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160303184409/http://www.arthropod-systematics.de/ASP_67_1/ASP_67_1_Ahyong_91-98.pdf |url-status=dead }}</ref>

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Category:Stomatopoda Category:Malacostraca families Category:Taxa named by Raymond B. Manning