lysiosquilloid

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noun

Any mantis shrimp in the superfamily Lysiosquilloidea

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Meanings

nounlysiosquilloid (plural lysiosquilloids)

plural lysiosquilloids

  1. biologyAny mantis shrimp in the superfamily Lysiosquilloidea

    The lysiosquilloid Pullosquilla litoralis was previously reported to inhabit only tropical waters less than 2 m deep […]

    2003, The Journal of Experimental Biology, volume 206, number 1, page 378
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    Members of the family share with lysiosquilloids the subquadrate, distally ribbed propodi of maxillipeds 3-4, but differ in bearing a distinct median carina on the telson.

    2002, A.. Wells, W. W. K. Houston, Crustacea: Malacostraca : Phyllocardia, Hoplocardia, Eucarida

    Ahyong (1997) hypothesized that the long ischium of lysiosquilloid stomatopods increased the reach of their raptorial appendages, implying that this allowed these stomatopods a greater striking distance […]

    2012, Les Watling, Martin Thiel, Functional Morphology and Diversity, page 278
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