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.

Stomatopods are commonly called "mantis shrimp" for an obvious reason. Despite their importance to reef communities, little is known about them. We do know that they have a rather long fossil record that dates back 400 million years.

Stomatopoda ("stomach-mouth") alludes to the first five pairs of thoracic limbs, since these are used in feeding. The formidably armed second pair of maxillipeds, the raptorial appendages, are kept folded and tucked away under-neath the animal's head and body when not in use.

The Mantis Shrimp (or ‘Stomatopod’) is a small, aggressive marine Crustacean, that inhabit tropical and subtropical waters of the Indian and Pacific Oceans between Eastern Africa and Hawaii. They are beautiful and vibrant in colour, but also deadly, able to club prey with the force of a bullet, or spike them with their sharp claws.

2006年4月4日 · Stomatopods are enchantingly destructive creatures. They actively hunt down and attack prey, using their mantis-like arms either as spears to snatch small invertebrates and fish from the water, or as clubs to bludgeon snails and small crustaceans to death.

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 340 million years ago.

Commonly known as mantis shrimps, stomatopods are benthic, marine carnivores that are common in tropical and subtropical coastal waters (Schram et al., 2013). They are among the most efficient crustacean predators, having unique adaptations for hunting (Ahyong & …

Stomatopods are an ancient group of marine predators that are only distantly related to other more familiar crustaceans such as crabs, shrimp and lobsters. While most occur in shallow tropical marine waters, a few species are found in more temperate seas.

2024年12月19日 · mantis shrimp, any member of the marine crustacean order Stomatopoda, especially members of the genus Squilla. Mantis shrimps are so called because the second pair of limbs are greatly enlarged and shaped like the large grasping forelimbs of the praying mantid, or mantis, an insect.

Welcome to the world of the stomatopod Stomatopods are crustaceans, distantly related to crabs, shrimp, and lobster. Relatively little is known about them even though they are one of the major invertebrate predators on coral reefs, sea grass beds and sand and rubble flats.