lysiosquilloid
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Noun[edit]
lysiosquilloid (plural lysiosquilloids)
- (zoology) Any mantis shrimp in the superfamily Lysiosquilloidea
- 2002, A.. Wells, W. W. K. Houston, Crustacea: Malacostraca : Phyllocardia, Hoplocardia, Eucarida:
- 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.
- 2003, The Journal of Experimental Biology, volume 206, number 1, page 378:
- The lysiosquilloid Pullosquilla litoralis was previously reported to inhabit only tropical waters less than 2 m deep […]
- 2012, Les Watling, Martin Thiel, Functional Morphology and Diversity, page 278:
- 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 […]