Lysiosquillina maculata
| Lysiosquillina maculata | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Subphylum: | Crustacea |
| Class: | Malacostraca |
| Order: | Stomatopoda |
| Family: | Lysiosquillidae |
| Genus: | Lysiosquillina |
| Species: | L. maculata |
| Binomial name | |
| Lysiosquillina maculata (Fabricius, 1793) [1] |
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Lysiosquillina maculata, the zebra mantis shrimp or striped mantis shrimp, is a species of mantis shrimp found across the Indo-Pacific region from East Africa to the Galápagos and Hawaiian Islands.[2] At a length up to 40 cm, L. maculata is the largest mantis shrimp in the world.[2] L. maculata may be distinguished from its congener L. sulcata by the greater number of teeth on the last segment of its raptorial claw, and by the colouration of the uropodal endopod, the distal half of which is dark in L. maculata but not in L. sulcata.[3] A small artisanal fishery exists for this species.[3]
Diet[edit]
Their diet includes porcupinefish, shrimp, and blue ring octopus. Sometimes, they also eat cuttlefish.[citation needed]
Hunting strategies[edit]
There are two types of zebra mantis shrimp, one that uses a spear-like appendage and one that smashes prey.[4] Zebra mantis shrimp strikes were recorded moving from 10 to 23 meters/second (45 miles per hour). Mantis shrimp have the fastest feeding strike measured. (2007) [5]
References[edit]
- ^ "Lysiosquillina maculata (J. C. Fabricius, 1793)". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved April 18, 2011.
- ^ a b Roy Caldwell. "Species: Lysiosquillina maculata". Roy's List of Stomatopods for the Aquarium. University of California Museum of Paleontology. Retrieved February 14, 2009.
- ^ a b "Lysiosquillidae" (PDF). The Living Marine Resources of the Western Central Pacific. pp. 835–837.
- ^ http://www.aquariumwelfare.org/crustaceans2.html
- ^ https://www.ted.com/talks/sheila_patek_clocks_the_fastest_animals/transcript?language=en#t-78406
External links[edit]
Media related to Lysiosquillina maculata at Wikimedia Commons
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