Ankersquilla pardus

Ankersquilla pardus

Taxonavigation

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Taxonavigation: Eurysquilloidea 

Superregnum: Eukaryota
Cladus: Unikonta
Cladus: Opisthokonta
Cladus: Holozoa
Regnum: Animalia
Subregnum: Eumetazoa
Cladus: Bilateria
Cladus: Nephrozoa
Cladus: Protostomia
Cladus: Ecdysozoa
Cladus: Panarthropoda
Phylum: Arthropoda
Cladus: Pancrustacea
Superclassis: Multicrustacea
Classis: Malacostraca
Subclassis: Hoplocarida
Ordo: Stomatopoda
Subordo: Unipeltata
Superfamilia: Eurysquilloidea

Familia: Eurysquillidae
Genus: Ankersquilla
Species: Ankersquilla pardus

Name

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Ankersquilla pardus Ahyong, Porter & Caldwell, 2020

ZooBank: 0BD75B46-0194-43AD-A2E9-049982C56C18
Holotype: UF23346, ♂ (TL 52 mm)
Type locality: Moorea [French Polynesia], NW side of Cook Bay, off Gump station, 17°29.406'S 149°49.578'W, back-reef, sandy reef flat with massive coral blocks and rubble, 1 m, deep in sand under large piece of rubble, fcn BMOO-6054, sta BIZ 5, coll. A. Anker, 17 October 2009.
Etymology: derived from the name Panthera pardus (Linnaeus, 1758), reffering to the leopard- spotted colour pattern of the new species.

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