What is "squilla"

Squilla \Squil"la\ (skw[i^]l"l[.a]), n.; pl. E. Squillas (-l[.a]z), L. Squill[ae] (-l[=e]). [L., a sea onion, also, a prawn or shrimp. See Squill.] (Zo["o]l.) Any one of numerous stomapod crustaceans of the genus Squilla and allied genera. They make burrows in mud or beneath stones on the seashore. Called also mantis shrimp. See Illust. under Stomapoda.

n. (context zoology English) Any of the genus (taxlink Squilla genus noshow=1) of mantis shrimps.

1. n. a kind of mantis shrimp [syn: mantis prawn]

2. [also: squillae (pl)]

Squilla is a genus of mantis shrimp. It includes the following species:

• Squilla aculeata Bigelow, 1893
• Squilla biformis Bigelow, 1891
• Squilla bigelowi Schmitt, 1940
• Squilla brasiliensis Calman, 1917
• Squilla cadenati Manning, 1970
• Squilla caribaea Manning, 1969
• Squilla chydaea Manning, 1962
• Squilla deceptrix Manning, 1969
• Squilla discors Manning, 1962
• Squilla edentata (Lunz, 1937)
• Squilla empusa Say, 1818
• Squilla grenadensis Manning, 1969
• Squilla hancocki Schmitt, 1940
• Squilla intermedia Bigelow, 1893
• Squilla latreillei
• Squilla lijdingi Holthuis, 1959
• Squilla mantis (Linnaeus, 1758)
• Squilla mantoidea Bigelow, 1893
• Squilla obtusa Holthuis, 1959
• Squilla panamensis Bigelow, 1891
• Squilla parva Bigelow, 1891
• Squilla rugosa Bigelow, 1893
• Squilla surinamica Holthuis, 1959
• Squilla tiburonensis Schmitt, 1940