Kempella

Life-forms

Superregnum: Eukaryota
Cladus: Unikonta
Cladus: Opisthokonta
Cladus: Holozoa
Regnum: Animalia
Subregnum: Eumetazoa
Cladus: Bilateria
Cladus: Nephrozoa
Cladus: Protostomia
Cladus: Ecdysozoa
Cladus: Panarthropoda
Phylum: Arthropoda
Cladus: Pancrustacea
Superclassis: Multicrustacea
Classis: Malacostraca
Subclassis: Hoplocarida
Ordo: Stomatopoda
Subordo: Unipeltata
Superfamilia: Squilloidea

Familia: Squillidae
Genus: Kempella
Species (2): K. mikado – K. stridulans
Name

Kempella Low & Ahyong, 2010
Original status: valid genus
Gender: feminine
Type species: Squilla mikado Kemp & Chopra, 1921
Fixation: automatic [new replacement name for Kempina Manning, 1978]

Synonyms

Kempina Manning, 1978 [junior homonym]
Original status: valid genus
Gender: feminine
Type species: Squilla mikado Kemp & Chopra, 1921
Fixation: original designation

References

Low, M.E.Y.; Ahyong, S.T. 2010: Kempella nom. nov., a replacement name for Kempina Manning, 1978 (Crustacea: Stomatopoda: Squillidae), preoccupied by Kempina Roewer, 1911, a junior synonym of Zaleptus Thorell, 1877 (Arachnida: Opiliones: Sclerosomatidae). Zootaxa 2642: 68–68. Preview PDF Reference page.
Manning, R.B. 1978: Further observations on Oratosquilla, with accounts of two new genera and nine new species (Crustacea: Stomatopoda: Squillidae). Smithsonian contributions to zoology, (272) PDF