Heterosquilla tricarinata
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 | |
|---|---|
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Subphylum: | Crustacea |
| Class: | Malacostraca |
| Order: | Stomatopoda |
| Family: | Tetrasquillidae |
| Genus: | Heterosquilla |
| Species: | H. tricarinata |
| Binomial name | |
| Heterosquilla tricarinata (Claus, 1871) | |
| Synonyms | |
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Coronis spinosa Wood-Mason, 1875 | |
Heterosquilla tricarinata live in tidal mud flats where they can experience low environmental oxygen levels. However, the shrimp is well adapted to the low oxygen levels in its habitat. [3]
References
- Freeman, Debbie; et al. (December 2014). Conservation status of New Zealand marine invertebrates, 2013 (PDF) (Report). New Zealand Threat Classification Series. 9. Department of Conservation. p. 13. ISBN 978-0478150322. Archived (PDF) from the original on 9 April 2018. Retrieved 15 May 2020.
- 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.
- 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.
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