MarBEF Data System - ERMS - Squilla mantis (Linnaeus, 1758)

ERMS taxon details

Squilla mantis (Linnaeus, 1758)

Squilla mantis

AphiaID

136137 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:136137)

Classification

Status

accepted

Rank

Species

Parent

Squilla Fabricius, 1787

Original name

Cancer mantis Linnaeus, 1758

Environment

marine, ~~brackish~~, ~~fresh~~, ~~terrestrial~~

Fossil range

recent only

Original description

(of ) Linnaeus, C. (1758). Systema Naturae per regna tria naturae, secundum classes, ordines, genera, species, cum characteribus, differentiis, synonymis, locis. [The system of nature through the three kingdoms of nature, according to classes, orders, genera, species, with characters, differences, synonyms, places.]. Impensis Direct. Laurentii Salvii. Holmiae [Stockholm]. 1(10) [iii], 824 p., available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/726886 [details] Available for editors

Taxonomic citation

ERMS (2025). Squilla mantis (Linnaeus, 1758). Accessed at: https://www.marbef.org/data/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=136137 on 2026-02-21

Regional species database citation

Costello, M.J.; Bouchet, P.; Boxshall, G.; Arvanitidis, C.; Appeltans, W. (2026). European Register of Marine Species. Squilla mantis (Linnaeus, 1758). Accessed at: http://marbef.org/data/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=136137 on 2026-02-21

Taxonomic edit history

Date

action

2004-12-21 15:54:05Z

created

van der Land, Jacob

2020-06-05 08:50:10Z

changed

Ahyong, Shane

2023-03-21 02:57:46Z

changed

Ahyong, Shane

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original description (of ) Linnaeus, C. (1758). Systema Naturae per regna tria naturae, secundum classes, ordines, genera, species, cum characteribus, differentiis, synonymis, locis. [The system of nature through the three kingdoms of nature, according to classes, orders, genera, species, with characters, differences, synonyms, places.]. Impensis Direct. Laurentii Salvii. Holmiae [Stockholm]. 1(10) [iii], 824 p., available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/726886 [details] Available for editors

basis of record van der Land, J. (2001). Stomatopoda, in: Costello, M.J. et al. (Ed.) (2001). European register of marine species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. Collection Patrimoines Naturels, 50: pp. 284 (look up in RoR) [details]

additional source Holthuis , L.Β. (1984). On some Crustacea Stomatopoda collected by the CANCAP Expeditions in the waters of N.W. Africa and the Azores. CANCAP-project. Contributions, no. 55. Zool. Med. Leiden 58 (8), 17-viii-1984: |131-139, fig. 1. — ISSN 0024-672. [details] Available for editors

ecology source Looby, A.; Erbe, C.; Bravo, S.; Cox, K.; Davies, H. L.; Di Iorio, L.; Jézéquel, Y.; Juanes, F.; Martin, C. W.; Mooney, T. A.; Radford, C.; Reynolds, L. K.; Rice, A. N.; Riera, A.; Rountree, R.; Spriel, B.; Stanley, J.; Vela, S.; Parsons, M. J. G. (2023). Global inventory of species categorized by known underwater sonifery. Scientific Data. 10(1). (look up in RoR), available online at https://doi.org/10.1038/s41597-023-02745-4 [details]