''Odontodactylus'' is a
genus
Genus (; : genera ) is a taxonomic rank above species and below family (taxonomy), family as used in the biological classification of extant taxon, living and fossil organisms as well as Virus classification#ICTV classification, viruses. In bino ...
of
mantis shrimp
Mantis shrimp are carnivorous marine crustaceans of the order Stomatopoda (). Stomatopods branched off from other members of the class Malacostraca around 400 million years ago, with more than 520 extant species of mantis shrimp known. All li ...
, the only genus in the
family
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Odontodactylidae.
Mantis shrimp of the genus ''Odontodactylus'' can not only detect
circular polarisation of light, but can also detect polarised light
reflecting off their
telson
The telson () is the hindmost division of the body of an arthropod. Depending on the definition, the telson is either considered to be the final segment (biology), segment of the arthropod body, or an additional division that is not a true segm ...
and
uropod
Uropods are posterior appendages found on a wide variety of crustaceans. They typically have functions in locomotion.
Definition
Uropods are often defined as the appendages of the last body segment of a crustacean. An alternative definition sugge ...
s.
The genus ''Odontodactylus'' contains the following species:
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Odontodactylus brevirostris''
(Miers, 1884)
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Odontodactylus cultrifer''
(White, 1850)
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Odontodactylus hansenii''
(Pocock, 1893)
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Odontodactylus havanensis''
(Bigelow, 1893)
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Odontodactylus hawaiiensis''
Manning, 1967
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Odontodactylus japonicus
''Odontodactylus'' is a genus of mantis shrimp, the only genus in the family (biology), family Odontodactylidae. Mantis shrimp of the genus ''Odontodactylus'' can not only detect Circular polarization, circular polarisation of light, but can also ...
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(de Haan, 1844)
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Odontodactylus latirostris
''Odontodactylus latirostris'' is a species of mantis shrimp
Mantis shrimp are carnivorous marine crustaceans of the order Stomatopoda (). Stomatopods branched off from other members of the class Malacostraca around 400 million years ago, ...
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Borradaile, 1907
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Odontodactylus scyllarus
''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 ...
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(Linnaeus
Carl Linnaeus (23 May 1707 – 10 January 1778), also known after ennoblement in 1761 as Carl von Linné,#Blunt, Blunt (2004), p. 171. was a Swedish biologist and physician who formalised binomial nomenclature, the modern system of naming o ...
, 1758
Events
January–March
* January 1 – Swedish biologist Carl Linnaeus (Carl von Linné) publishes in Stockholm the first volume (''Animalia'') of the 10th edition of ''Systema Naturae'', the starting point of modern zoologic ...
)
Image:Shortnose Mantis Shrimp (11354376784).jpg, '' Odontodactylus brevirostris''
Image:Odontodactylus cultrifer (MNHN-IU-2014-23106) 002.jpeg, '' Odontodactylus cultrifer''
Image:Odontodactylus latirostris.jpg, ''Odontodactylus latirostris
''Odontodactylus latirostris'' is a species of mantis shrimp
Mantis shrimp are carnivorous marine crustaceans of the order Stomatopoda (). Stomatopods branched off from other members of the class Malacostraca around 400 million years ago, ...
''
Image:Odontodactylus scyllarus.jpg, ''Odontodactylus scyllarus
''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 ...
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References
Stomatopoda
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