species: Busquilla plantei in Lizard Island Field Guide (Lizard Island Field Guide)
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Busquilla plantei


©Roy Caldwell: Busquilla plantei from Lizard Island.

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Kingdom Animalia
Phylum Arthropoda
Class Malacostraca
Order Stomatopoda
Family Squillidae
Genus Busquilla
Species Busquilla plantei

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Colours

                   

Distinguishing features

"Large, smooth bilobed eyes; Strongly polarized patches of red and orange on raptorial merus and tergites; uropodal exopod with dark red distal patch on proximal segment extending onto inner half of distal segment."

"Grey with pink and orange polarized patches on raptorial merus and abdominal tergites; red intersegmental lines; red spot anterior meral saddle; yellowish telson spines."

Both quotes from Roy's List accessed 9 Oct 2018, link below.

Size

  • From 1.5 cm to 7 cm (length according to Roy's List accessed 9 Oct 2018, link below)

Synonyms

Distribution


©Atlas of Living Australia: Australian distribution

Distribution and habitat preferences

Makes simple U-shaped burrows in open, soft, sandy substrates in 5 to 30 m depth (Roy's List accessed 9 Oct 2018, link below).

Web resources

References

  • Palecanda, K.D. Feller and M.L. Porter, S. (2020). Using larval barcoding to estimate stomatopod species richness at Lizard Island, Australia for conservation monitoring. Scientific Reports, 10: 10990. LIRS catalog number LIRS 2397.