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Family: Protosquillidae protosquillid mantis shrimps (See list of species below)

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26 species with fin ray counts including ? spines in dorsal and ? in anal fins (see list below)

No picture found Chorisquilla brooksii []	No picture found Chorisquilla convoluta []	No picture found Chorisquilla excavata []
No picture found Chorisquilla gyrosa []	No picture found Chorisquilla hystrix []	No picture found Chorisquilla kroppi []
No picture found Chorisquilla mehtae []	No picture found Chorisquilla pococki []	No picture found Chorisquilla quinquelobata []
No picture found Chorisquilla similis []	No picture found Chorisquilla spinosissima []	No picture found Chorisquilla tuberculata []
No picture found Chorisquilla tweediei []	No picture found Echinosquilla guerinii []	No picture found Haptosquilla corrugata []
No picture found Haptosquilla glabra []	No picture found Haptosquilla glyptocercus []	No picture found Haptosquilla pulchella []
No picture found Haptosquilla setifera []	No picture found Haptosquilla stoliura []	No picture found Haptosquilla tanensis []
No picture found Haptosquilla trispinosa []	No picture found Haptosquilla tuberosa []	No picture found Protosquilla lenzi []
No picture found Protosquilla pulchellus []	No picture found Siamosquilla laevicaudata []

26 Species of Family Protosquillidae
(protosquillid mantis shrimps)

Sort by: Species Length

Scientific Name	Distribution	Max. Length (cm)
Chorisquilla brooksii	Indo-West Pacific.	3.2 TL
Chorisquilla convoluta	Western Indian Ocean
Chorisquilla excavata	Indo-Pacific.
Chorisquilla gyrosa	Indo-Pacific.
Chorisquilla hystrix	Indo-West Pacific	2.6 TL
Chorisquilla kroppi	Western Central Pacific
Chorisquilla mehtae	Western Central Pacific
Chorisquilla pococki	Western Central Pacific
Chorisquilla quinquelobata	Eastern Indian Ocean	1.9 TL
Chorisquilla similis	Eastern Central Pacific
Chorisquilla spinosissima	Indo-West Pacific	3.9 TL
Chorisquilla tuberculata	Indo-Pacific.
Chorisquilla tweediei	Western Central Pacific	3 TL
Echinosquilla guerinii	Indo-Pacific.	8.1 TL
Haptosquilla corrugata	Indo-West Pacific
Haptosquilla glabra	Indo-West Pacific
Haptosquilla glyptocercus	Indo-West Pacific.	4.6 TL
Haptosquilla pulchella	Western Central Pacific
Haptosquilla setifera	Western Central Pacific.
Haptosquilla stoliura	Indo-West Pacific.
Haptosquilla tanensis	Western Pacific
Haptosquilla trispinosa	Western Central Pacific.	4.3 TL
Haptosquilla tuberosa	Indo-West Pacific.	3.7 TL
Protosquilla lenzi	Western Indian Ocean
Protosquilla pulchellus	Western Indian Ocean
Siamosquilla laevicaudata	Western Central Pacific	1.8 TL

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