Definition of Squillas. Meaning of Squillas. Synonyms of Squillas

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Definition of Squillas

Squillas
Squilla Squil"la, n.; pl. E. Squillas, L. Squill[ae]. [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.
Squilla
Squilla Squil"la, n.; pl. E. Squillas, L. Squill[ae]. [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.

Meaning of Squillas from wikipedia

- Schmitt, 1940 Squilla brasiliensis Calman, 1917 Squilla cadenati Manning, 1970 Squilla caribaea Manning, 1969 Squilla chydaea Manning, 1962 Squilla deceptrix...
- Mark F. Squilla (born 1962 or 1963) is a Democratic politician and member of the City Council of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Squilla was born in Whitman...
- Squilla mantis is a species of mantis shrimp found in shallow coastal areas of the Mediterranean Sea and the Eastern Atlantic Ocean: it is also known...
- Family: Squillidae Genus: Oratosquilla Species: O. oratoria Binomial name Oratosquilla oratoria (De Haan, 1844) Synonyms  Squilla oratoria De Haan, 1844...
- Asiadodis squilla is a species of praying mantis in the family Mantidae. It is native to India and Sri Lanka, and it is the type species for the genus...
- Squilla empusa is a species of mantis shrimp found in coastal areas of the western Atlantic Ocean. It excavates and occupies a burrow in soft sediment...
- Squillidae Genus: Rissoides Species: R. desmaresti Binomial name Rissoides desmaresti (Risso, 1816) Synonyms Meiosquilla desmaresti Squilla desmaresti...
- Pseudosquilla ciliata (Fabricius, 1787)  Synonyms Squilla ciliata Fabricius, 1787 Squilla quadrispinosa Eydoux & Souleyet, 1842 Squilla stylifera Lamarck, 1818...
- 1856 Gammarus quadrilobatus (Abildgaard, 1789) Oniscus scolopendroides (Pallas, 1772) Squilla lobata Müller, 1776 Squilla quadrilobata Abildgaard, 1788...
- the Nannosquillidae. P. eusebia was originally described in the geuns Squilla, but was moved by Raymond B. Manning to be the type species of the new...