species: Haptosquilla trispinosa in Lizard Island (Gaia Guide)
Haptosquilla trispinosa


©Mike Bok: Haptosquilla trispinosa
Kingdom Animalia
Phylum Arthropoda
Class Malacostraca
Order Stomatopoda
Family Protosquillidae
Genus Haptosquilla
Species Haptosquilla trispinosa

Distinguishing features

Distinguishing features still need to be specified.

Size

  • From 1.2 cm to 4.3 cm (Length)

Synonyms

Distribution


©Atlas of Living Australia: Australian distribution

Local abundance

  • Lizard Island: Extremely common all around the island

Web resources

References

  • Chiou, T.-H., N.J. Marshall, R.L. Caldwell and T.W. Cronin (2011). Changes in light-reflecting properties of signalling appendages alter mate choice behaviour in a stomatopod crustacean Haptosquilla trispinosa. Marine and Freshwater Behaviour and Physiology, 44: 1-11. LIRS catalog number 1502.
  • Cronin, T.W., N. Shashar, R.L. Caldwell, J. Marshall, A.G. Cheroske and T.-H. Chiou (2003). Polarization signals in the marine environment, "Polarization Science and Remote Sensing, Proceedings of SPIE, 5158". Eds.Shaw, J.A. and J.S. Tyo. SPIE, Bellingham, WA, USA. LIRS catalog number 837.
  • Williams, B.L., V. Lovenburg, C.L. Huffard and R.L. Caldwell (2011). Chemical defense in pelagic octopus paralarvae: tetrodotoxin alone does not protect individual paralarvae of the greater blue-ringed octopus (Hapalochlaena lunulata) from common reef predators. Chemoecology, 21: 131-141. LIRS catalog number 1501.