Heterosquilla_tricarinata

<i>Heterosquilla tricarinata</i>

Heterosquilla tricarinata

Species of crustacean

Heterosquilla tricarinata is a species of mantis shrimp in the family Tetrasquillidae. It is known from both the Andaman Islands and New Zealand.[2]

Quick Facts Heterosquilla tricarinata, Conservation status ...

Heterosquilla tricarinata live in tidal mud flats where they can experience low environmental oxygen levels. However, the shrimp is well adapted to the low oxygen levels in its habitat. [3]

References

  1. [1]
    Freeman, Debbie; et al. (December 2014). Conservation status of New Zealand marine invertebrates, 2013 (PDF) (Report). New Zealand Threat Classification Series. Vol. 9. Department of Conservation. p. 13. ISBN 978-0478150322. Archived (PDF) from the original on 9 April 2018. Retrieved 15 May 2020.
  2. [2]
    Raymond B. Manning (1978). "New and rare stomatopod Crustacea from the Indo-West-Pacific Region" (PDF). Smithsonian Contributions to Zoology. 264 (264): 1–36. doi:10.5479/si.00810282.264.
  3. [3]
    Innes, Alastair J (1985). "Aerobic scope for activity of the burrowing mantis shrimp Heterosquilla tricarinata at low environmental oxygen tensions". Comparative Biochemistry and Physiology Part A: Physiology. 81 (4): 827–832. doi:10.1016/0300-9629(85)90914-4.


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