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Portrait of a Smashing mantis shrimp facing the camera

$Mantis Shrimp Odontodactylus scyllarus occurs in the tropical Indo-Pacific in a depth range from 0-100m. It is one of the larger, more colourful mantis shrimps commonly seen, ranging in size from 3-18cm. \nTheir ability to see circularly polarised light has led to studies to determine if the mechanisms by which their eyes operate can be replicated for use in reading CDs and similar optical information storage devices. \nThis species is an active hunter during the day, it prefers gastropods, crustaceans, and bivalves and will repeatedly smash its prey until it can gain access to the soft tissue for consumption. \nThis specimen is looking out of its hole, a typical behavior. \nLembeh Strait, Indonesia \n1°27'38.166 N 125°13'34.284 E at 16m depth$

A Peacock mantis shrimp, Odontodatyllus scyllarus, guards her clutch of eggs in a burrow on a reef in Indonesia. After internal fertilization the female carries the eggs until they hatch.

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

Peacock Mantis Shrimp, Odontodactylus scyllarus

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The eyes of the mantis shrimp are mounted on mobile stalks and can move independently of each other. They are thought to have the most complex eyes in the animal kingdom and have the most complex front-end for any visual system ever discovered

$Peacock Mantis Shrimp or Reef Odontodactylid Mantis Shrimp Odontodactylus scyllarus occurs in the tropical Indo-Pacific in a depth range from 0-100m. It is one of the larger, more colourful mantis shrimps commonly seen, ranging in size from 3-18cm. \nTheir ability to see circularly polarised light has led to studies to determine if the mechanisms by which their eyes operate can be replicated for use in reading CDs and similar optical information storage devices. \nThis species is an active hunter during the day, it prefers gastropods, crustaceans, and bivalves and will repeatedly smash its prey until it can gain access to the soft tissue for consumption. \nThis female specimen is brooding eggs and is looking out of its hole, a typical behavior. Females can brood a maximum of 50'000 eggs. They hatch to a planktonic zoea which lasts for 3 months. \nLembeh Strait, Indonesia \n1°27'29.484 N 125°13'10.572 E at 13m depth$

Vividly colored Peacock Mantis Shrimp on a black sandy seabed

Coral reef in South Pacific off the coast of the island of Sulawesi, , Mantis shrimp

mantis shrimp (Gonodactylus chiragra) from Bohol, Philippines isolated on white background

mantis shrimp in the foreground on a white background seen from above

$Mantis Shrimp Odontodactylus scyllarus occurs in the tropical Indo-Pacific in a depth range from 0-100m. It is one of the larger, more colourful mantis shrimps commonly seen, ranging in size from 3-18cm. \nTheir ability to see circularly polarised light has led to studies to determine if the mechanisms by which their eyes operate can be replicated for use in reading CDs and similar optical information storage devices. \nThis species is an active hunter, it prefers gastropods, crustaceans, and bivalves and will repeatedly smash its prey until it can gain access to the soft tissue for consumption.\nTriton Bay, Kaimana Regency, West Papua Province, Indonesia \n3°56'26.082 S 134°7'36.63 E at 14m depth$

Peacock Mantis Shrimp (Odontodactylus scyllarus), head detail, front view, on a dark background. Focus on both eyes. Horizontal, underwater photography taken in Tulamben, Bali, Indonesia.

Fish market of Bergen: lobster, crab and other seafood from Norway.

Eye level with a Peacock Mantis Shrimp (Stomatopoda) eating it's prey. Photographed in Lembeh Strait, Indonesia.

Peacock mantis shrimp (Odontodactylus scyllarus), Zanzibar, Tanzania

Sea life Yellow Tube sponge and Salp Glass sponge, and Orange Sea sponge from scuba diver point of view

A mantis shrimp in Lembeh Strait in Indonesia

$Blue-spot Mantis Haptosquilla stoliura occurs in the tropical Indo-West Pacific in shallow coastal or nearshore reefs in tidal pools and among hard coral fragments in the intertidal area. The iridescent blue patch on the first maxillipeds is distinctive. The max. length of this species seems to be incertain. Some indicate 6.5cm as max. length, others 11.5cm. The length of this specimen is probably 10cm. \nThe ability of Mantis species to see circularly polarised light has led to studies to determine if the mechanisms by which their eyes operate can be replicated for use in reading optical information storage devices. \nTriton Bay, West Papua Province, Indonesia, \n3°54'41.05 S 134°7'18.205 E at 15m depth$

Neotrypaea californiensis (formerly Callianassa californiensis), the Bay ghost shrimp, is a species of ghost shrimp that lives on the Pacific coast of North America. It is a pale animal which grows to a length of 4.5 in. One claw is bigger than the other, especially in males. Underwater. Monterey Bay, California.

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