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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 ]
Pseudosquilla ciliata, the common mantis shrimp, is a species of mantis shrimp, known by common names including rainbow mantis shrimp and false mantis shrimp. [2] It is widespread in the tropical Indo-Pacific region and in both the western and eastern Atlantic Ocean.
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.
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 ...
In 1872, Schlüter records the discovery of a new fossil mantis shrimp from Lebanon which he names Sculda laevis, but does not illustrate or describe the fossil until 1874. [ 4 ] [ 5 ] Over a decade later, Dames (1886) would publish a review on the previous work on fossil mantis shrimps in which he erects a new genus, Pseudosculda , and moves S ...
Odontodactylus is a genus of mantis shrimp, the only genus in the family Odontodactylidae. [1] Mantis shrimp of the genus Odontodactylus can not only detect circular polarisation of light, but can also detect polarised light reflecting off their telson and uropods. [2] The genus Odontodactylus contains the following species: [3]
All mantis shrimp (stomatopods) are either spearers or smashers. G. chiragra is a smasher, which means that the heel on their second pair of thoracic appendages is greatly enlarged, forming a club that is used to smash prey. [6] When a target is spotted, G. chiragra strike powerfully and quickly in one of the quickest punches in all of nature. [7]
Oratosquilla oratoria, the Japanese mantis shrimp, is a species of mantis shrimp found in the western Pacific. [2] It is widely harvested in Japan and eaten as sushi. Like other members of its order it has a powerful spear, which it uses to hunt invertebrates and small fish. It grows to a length of 185 millimetres (7.3 in), and lives at depths ...