Parasquillidae is a family of mantis shrimp containing the three genera Faughnia, Parasquilla and Pseudosquillopsis.[3] It was previously included in the superfamily Gonodactyloidea, but that group was found to be paraphyletic, and a new superfamily, Parasquilloidea was erected.[4]
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Malacostraca |
| Order: | Stomatopoda |
| Suborder: | Unipeltata |
| Superfamily: | Parasquilloidea Ahyong & Harling, 2000 [2] |
| Family: | Parasquillidae Manning, 1995 [1] |
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References
edit- ^ "Parasquillidae Manning, 1995". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved March 6, 2011.
- ^ "Parasquilloidea Ahyong & Harling, 2000". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved March 6, 2011.
- ^ Shane T. Ahyong & J.K. Lowry (2001). "Parasquillidae". Stomatopoda: Families. Retrieved February 8, 2010.
- ^ Shane T. Ahyong & Simon N. Jarman (2009). "Stomatopod Interrelationships: preliminary results based on analysis of three molecular loci" (PDF). Arthropod Systematics & Phylogeny. 67 (1): 91–98.
External links
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