Kempella

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Squilloidea
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: Squilloidea

Familia: Squillidae
Genus: Kempella
Species (2): K. mikado – K. stridulans

Name

• Kempella Low & Ahyong, 2010
  • Original status: valid genus
  • Gender: feminine
  • Type species: Squilla mikado Kemp & Chopra, 1921
    • Fixation: automatic [new replacement name for Kempina Manning, 1978]

Synonyms

• Kempina Manning, 1978 [junior homonym]
  • Original status: valid genus
  • Gender: feminine
  • Type species: Squilla mikado Kemp & Chopra, 1921
    • Fixation: original designation

References

• Low, M.E.Y. & Ahyong, S.T. 2010. Kempella nom. nov., a replacement name for Kempina Manning, 1978 (Crustacea: Stomatopoda: Squillidae), preoccupied by Kempina Roewer, 1911, a junior synonym of Zaleptus Thorell, 1877 (Arachnida: Opiliones: Sclerosomatidae). Zootaxa 2642: 68–68. Preview PDF Reference page. 
• Manning, R.B. 1978: Further observations on Oratosquilla, with accounts of two new genera and nine new species (Crustacea: Stomatopoda: Squillidae). Smithsonian contributions to zoology, (272) PDF