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Mantis shrimp are carnivorous marine crustaceans of the order Stomatopoda (from Ancient Greek στόμα (stóma) 'mouth' and ποδός (podós) 'foot'). Stomatopods branched off from other members of the class Malacostraca around 400 million years ago, [ 2 ] with more than 520 extant species of mantis shrimp known.
Squilla mantis for sale at a Catalan market. S. mantis is the only native stomatopod to be fished for on a commercial scale in the Mediterranean. Over 7,000 t is caught annually, 85% of which is caught on Italian shores of the Adriatic Sea, [9] with further production in the Ionian Sea, off Sardinia, off the coast of Catalonia and off the Balearic Islands.
Gorgonophontes is an extinct genus of mantis shrimp that lived during the late Carboniferous period in what is now the United States and Belgium. It contains two named species. The type species, G. peleron, was described in 1984 by Frederick Schram based on 100 specimens found in Nebraska and Iowa.
Squillidae is a family of mantis shrimp, the only family in the superfamily Squilloidea. [1] The type genus is Squilla . [ 2 ] It is the stomatopod family with the most genera , [ 2 ] as follows: [ 3 ]
Odontodactylus scyllarus, commonly known as the peacock mantis shrimp, harlequin mantis shrimp, painted mantis shrimp, clown mantis shrimp, rainbow mantis shrimp, or simply mantis shrimp, is a large stomatopod native to the epipelagic seabed across the Indo-Pacific, ranging from the Marianas to East Africa, and as far South as Northern KwaZulu Natal in South Africa.
Hemisquilla californiensis is a species of mantis shrimp native to the northern Pacific Ocean. [1] H. californiensis is known for smashing prey against rocks using its raptorial claws, as well as its brightly colored telson and eyespots under the tail. [2] H. californiensis is one of the largest and most common mantis shrimp species in ...
Gonodactylus smithii, also known as the purple spot mantis shrimp or Smith's mantis shrimp, is a species of the smasher type of mantis shrimp. [2] G. smithii are the first animals discovered to be capable of dynamic polarization vision. [ 3 ]
Erythrosquilla is a genus of mantis shrimp, placed in its own family (Erythrosquillidae) and superfamily (Erythrosquilloidea) comprising two species: Erythrosquilla hamano Ahyong, 2001; Erythrosquilla megalops Manning & Bruce, 1984; The family is distinguished from other stomatopod families by the presence of a ridge on the mid-line of the ...