Acanthosquilla melissae

Acanthosquilla melissae
Scientific classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Malacostraca
Order: Stomatopoda
Family: Nannosquillidae
Genus: Acanthosquilla
Species:
A. melissae
Binomial name
Acanthosquilla melissae
Ahyong, 2007

Acanthosquilla melissae is a species of stomatopod crustacean in the Nannosquillidae family, and was first described by the Australian carcinologist Shane T. Ahyong in 2007.

In Australia it has been found in the IMCRA regions of the Northwest Shelf Province (Western Australia), Northeast Shelf Transition (Queensland), in the sub-tidal zone.