Heterosquilla tricarinata

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

Heterosquilla tricarinata
Conservation status
Naturally Uncommon (NZ TCS)^[1]
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Malacostraca
Order:	Stomatopoda
Family:	Tetrasquillidae
Genus:	Heterosquilla
Species:	H. tricarinata
Binomial name
*Heterosquilla tricarinata* (Claus, 1871)
Synonyms
Coronis spinosa Wood-Mason, 1875

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]

^ 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.

^ 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.

^ 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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