Tetrasquilla

{{Short description|Genus of crustaceans}} {{Speciesbox | parent_authority = Manning & Chace, 1990<ref>{{ITIS |id=682466 |taxon=''Tetrasquilla''}}</ref> | taxon = Tetrasquilla mccullochae | authority = (Schmitt, 1940)<ref>{{ITIS |id=682584 |taxon=''Tetrasquilla mccullochae''}}</ref> | synonyms = *''Lysiosquilla mccullochae'' Schmitt, 1940 *''Heterosquilloides mccullochae'' (Schmitt, 1940) *''Heterosquilla jonesi'' Shanbhogue, 1971 | synonyms_ref = <ref name="Manning93"/><ref>{{cite WoRMS |author=Shane Ahyong |year=2013 |title=''Tetrasquilla mccullochae'' (Schmitt, 1940) |id=409123 |accessdate=April 27, 2013}}</ref> }}

'''''Tetrasquilla''''' is a genus of mantis shrimp containing a single species, '''''Tetrasquilla mccullochae'''''. It is the only known pantropical stomatopod.<ref name="Manning93">{{cite journal |author=Raymond B. Manning & David K. Camp |year=1993 |title=Erythrosquilloidea, a new superfamily, and Tetrasquillidae, a new family of stomatopod crustaceans |journal=Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington |volume=106 |issue=1 |pages=85–91 |url=http://research.myfwc.com/engine/download_redirection_process.asp?file=93manning_3815.pdf&objid=27027&dltype=publication}}</ref> The specific epithet commemorates Dr. Irene A. McCulloch, professor of zoology of the University of Southern California.<ref>{{cite journal |author=Waldo L. Schmitt |year=1940 |title=The stomatopods of the west coast of America based on collection made by the Allan Hancock Expeditions 1933–1938 |journal=Allan Hancock Pacific Expeditions |volume=5 |issue=4 |pages=129–225 |url=https://archive.org/details/allanhancockpaci05alla}}</ref>

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Category:Stomatopoda Category:Crustaceans of the eastern Pacific Ocean Category:Stomatopods of the Atlantic Ocean Category:Monotypic Malacostraca genera Category:Fauna of the Pantropical realm Category:Taxa named by Raymond B. Manning