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Stomatopod
Mantis shrimp, or stomatopods, are carnivorous marine crustaceans of the order Stomatopoda (). Stomatopods branched off from other members of the class Malacostraca around 340 million years ago. Mantis shrimp typically grow to around in length, while a few can reach up to . A mantis shrimp's carapace (the hard, thick shell that covers crustaceans and some other species) covers only the rear part of the head and the first four segments of the thorax. Varieties range in colour from shades of brown to vivid colours, with more than 450 species of mantis shrimp known. They are among the most important predators in many shallow, tropical and subtropical marine habitats. However, despite being common, they are poorly understood, as many species spend most of their lives sheltering in burrows and holes. Called "sea locusts" by ancient Assyrians, "prawn killers" in Australia, and now sometimes referred to as "thumb splitters"—because of the animal's ability to inflict painful wound ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Odontodactylus Scyllarus
''Odontodactylus scyllarus'', commonly known as the peacock mantis shrimp, harlequin mantis shrimp, painted mantis shrimp, clown mantis shrimp or rainbow mantis shrimp, is a large stomatopod native to the epipelagic seabed across the Indo-Pacific, ranging from Guam to East Africa, and as far South as Northern KwaZulu Natal in South Africa. In the marine aquarium trade, it is both prized for its attractiveness and considered by others to be a dangerous pest. Description ''O. scyllarus'' is one of the larger, more colourful mantis shrimps commonly seen, ranging in size from . They are primarily green with orange legs and leopard-like spots on the anterior carapace. Their ability to see circularly polarised light has led to studies to determine if the mechanisms by which their eyes operate can be replicated for use in reading CDs and similar optical storage devices. The dactyl club The dactyl club is the most electron dense region of the stomatopod exoskeleton. From a tr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Malacostraca
Malacostraca (from New Latin; ) is the largest of the six classes of crustaceans, containing about 40,000 living species, divided among 16 orders. Its members, the malacostracans, display a great diversity of body forms and include crabs, lobsters, crayfish, shrimp, krill, prawns, woodlice, amphipods, mantis shrimp, tongue-eating lice and many other less familiar animals. They are abundant in all marine environments and have colonised freshwater and terrestrial habitats. They are segmented animals, united by a common body plan comprising 20 body segments (rarely 21), and divided into a head, thorax, and abdomen. Etymology The name Malacostraca was coined by a French zoologist Pierre André Latreille in 1802. He was curator of the arthropod collection at the National Museum of Natural History in Paris. The name comes from the Greek roots (', meaning "soft") and (', meaning "shell"). The name is misleading, since the shell is soft only immediately after moulting, and ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gonodactylidae
Gonodactylidae is a family of mantis shrimp. It contains these genera: *''Gonodactylaceus'' Manning, 1995 *''Gonodactylellus ''Gonodactylellus'' is a genus of mantis shrimp Mantis shrimp, or stomatopods, are carnivorous marine crustaceans of the order Stomatopoda (). Stomatopods branched off from other members of the class Malacostraca around 340 million years ag ...'' Manning, 1995 *'' Gonodactyloideus'' Manning, 1984 *'' Gonodactylolus'' Manning, 1970 *'' Gonodactylopsis'' Manning, 1969 *'' Gonodactylus'' Berthold, 1827 *'' Hoplosquilla'' Holthuis, 1964 *'' Hoplosquilloides'' Manning, 1978c *'' Neogonodactylus'' Manning, 1995 References Stomatopoda Crustacean families {{Malacostraca-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Crustacean
Crustaceans (Crustacea, ) form a large, diverse arthropod taxon which includes such animals as decapods, seed shrimp, branchiopods, fish lice, krill, remipedes, isopods, barnacles, copepods, amphipods and mantis shrimp. The crustacean group can be treated as a subphylum under the clade Mandibulata. It is now well accepted that the hexapods emerged deep in the Crustacean group, with the completed group referred to as Pancrustacea. Some crustaceans ( Remipedia, Cephalocarida, Branchiopoda) are more closely related to insects and the other hexapods than they are to certain other crustaceans. The 67,000 described species range in size from '' Stygotantulus stocki'' at , to the Japanese spider crab with a leg span of up to and a mass of . Like other arthropods, crustaceans have an exoskeleton, which they moult to grow. They are distinguished from other groups of arthropods, such as insects, myriapods and chelicerates, by the possession of biramous (two-parted) l ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Eurysquillidae
Eurysquillidae is a family of mantis shrimp Mantis shrimp, or stomatopods, are carnivorous marine crustaceans of the order Stomatopoda (). Stomatopods branched off from other members of the class Malacostraca around 340 million years ago. Mantis shrimp typically grow to around in length .... Formerly placed in the superfamily Gonodactyloidea, it has since been recognised that eurysquillids are closer to families in the Squilloidea, and so Eurysquillidae has been placed in its own superfamily, Eurysquilloidea. It includes six genera and 30 species *'' Coronidopsis'' Hansen, 1926 ** '' Coronidopsis bicuspis'' Hansen, 1926 ** '' Coronidopsis serenei'' Moosa, 1973 *'' Eurysquilla'' Manning, 1963a ** '' Eurysquilla chacei'' Manning, 1969 ** '' Eurysquilla crosnieri'' Moosa, 1991 ** '' Eurysquilla foresti'' Moosa, 1986 ** '' Eurysquilla galatheae'' Manning, 1977 ** '' Eurysquilla holthuisi'' Manning, 1969 ** '' Eurysquilla leloeuffi'' Manning, 1977 ** '' Eurysquilla maiaguesensi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Parasquillidae
Parasquillidae is a family of mantis shrimp containing the three genera '' Faughnia'', '' Parasquilla'' and ''Pseudosquillopsis''. It was previously included in the superfamily Gonodactyloidea, but that group was found to be paraphyletic In taxonomy (general), taxonomy, a group is paraphyletic if it consists of the group's most recent common ancestor, last common ancestor and most of its descendants, excluding a few Monophyly, monophyletic subgroups. The group is said to be pa ..., and a new superfamily, Parasquilloidea was erected. References External links * Stomatopoda Crustacean families {{Malacostraca-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Squillidae
Squillidae is a family of mantis shrimp, the only family in the superfamily Squilloidea. The type genus is ''Squilla''. It is the stomatopod family with the most genera, as follows: *'' Alima'' Leach, 1817 *'' Alimopsis'' Manning, 1977 *'' Alimopsoides'' Moosa, 1991 *'' Anchisquilla'' Manning, 1968 *'' Anchisquilloides'' Manning, 1977 *'' Anchisquillopsis'' Moosa, 1986 *'' Areosquilla'' Manning, 1976 *'' Belosquilla'' Ahyong, 2001 *'' Busquilla'' Manning, 1978 *'' Carinosquilla'' Manning, 1968 *''Clorida'' Eydoux & Souleyet, 1842 *'' Cloridina'' Manning, 1995 *'' Cloridopsis'' Manning, 1968 *'' Crenatosquilla'' Manning, 1984 *'' Dictyosquilla'' Manning, 1968 *'' Distosquilla'' Manning, 1977 *''Erugosquilla'' Manning, 1995 *'' Fallosquilla'' Manning, 1995 *'' Fennerosquilla'' Manning & Camp, 1983 *'' Gibbesia'' Manning & Heard, 1997 *'' Harpiosquilla'' Holthuis, 1964 *'' Humesosquilla'' Manning & Camp, 2001 *'' Kaisquilla'' Ahyong, 2002 *'' Kempella'' Low & Ahyong, 2010 *'' Leni ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nannosquillidae
Nannosquillidae is a family of stomatopod Mantis shrimp, or stomatopods, are carnivorous marine crustaceans of the order Stomatopoda (). Stomatopods branched off from other members of the class Malacostraca around 340 million years ago. Mantis shrimp typically grow to around in length ...s, comprising the following genera: *'' Acanthosquilla'' Manning, 1963 *'' Alachosquilla'' Schotte & Manning, 1993 *'' Austrosquilla'' Manning, 1966 *'' Bigelowina'' Schotte & Manning, 1993 *'' Coronis'' Desmarest, 1823 *'' Hadrosquilla'' Manning, 1966 *'' Keppelius'' Manning, 1978 *'' Mexisquilla'' Manning & Camp, 1981 *'' Nannosquilla'' Manning, 1963 *'' Nannosquilloides'' Manning, 1977 *'' Platysquilla'' Manning, 1967 *'' Platysquilloides'' Manning & Camp, 1981 *'' Pullosquilla'' Manning, 1978 References Stomatopoda Crustacean families {{Malacostraca-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lysiosquillidae
The Lysiosquillidae are a family of mantis shrimp Mantis shrimp, or stomatopods, are carnivorous marine crustaceans of the order Stomatopoda (). Stomatopods branched off from other members of the class Malacostraca around 340 million years ago. Mantis shrimp typically grow to around in length ..., containing these genera: * '' Lysiosquilla'' Dana, 1852 * '' Lysiosquillina'' Manning, 1995 * '' Lysiosquilloides'' Manning, 1977 References Stomatopoda Crustacean families {{Malacostraca-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Indosquillidae
''Indosquilla'' is a monotypic genus of crustacean Crustaceans (Crustacea, ) form a large, diverse arthropod taxon which includes such animals as decapods, seed shrimp, branchiopods, fish lice, krill, remipedes, isopods, barnacles, copepods, amphipods and mantis shrimp. The crustacean gro ...s belonging to the monotypic family Indosquillidae. The only species is ''Indosquilla manihinei''. The species is found in Indian Ocean. References {{Taxonbar, from=Q15730903 Stomatopoda Monotypic crustacean genera ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Thorax
The thorax or chest is a part of the anatomy of humans, mammals, and other tetrapod animals located between the neck and the abdomen. In insects, crustaceans, and the extinct trilobites, the thorax is one of the three main divisions of the creature's body, each of which is in turn composed of multiple segments. The human thorax includes the thoracic cavity and the thoracic wall. It contains organs including the heart, lungs, and thymus gland, as well as muscles and various other internal structures. Many diseases may affect the chest, and one of the most common symptoms is chest pain. Etymology The word thorax comes from the Greek θώραξ ''thorax'' " breastplate, cuirass, corslet" via la, thorax. Plural: ''thoraces'' or ''thoraxes''. Human thorax Structure In humans and other hominids, the thorax is the chest region of the body between the neck and the abdomen, along with its internal organs and other contents. It is mostly protected and supported by the rib ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
