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Oratosquilla oratoria (mantis shrimp)
Subject: Oratosquilla oratoria (mantis shrimp)
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Oratosquilla oratoria, back - Oratosquilla oratoria (mantis shrimp).jpg
Resolution: 3888x2592 File Size: 7945386 Bytes Date: 2010:01:09 05:56:03 Camera: Canon EOS DIGITAL REBEL XTi (Canon) F number: f/7.1 Exposure: 3/10 sec Focal Length: 40/1 Upload Date: 2017:02:14 10:22:32

Oratosquilla oratoria (mantis shrimp)


Description
English: Back of Oratosquilla oratoria. Vladivostokskii Oceanarium, Marine Museum TINRO.
Русский: Японский рак-богомол со спины. Снимок сделан во Владивостокском океанариуме (музей ТИНРО).
Date 9 January 2010
Author Serguei S. Dukachev https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/User:Serguei_S._Dukachev
Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Oratosquilla_oratoria,_back.jpg

Oratosquilla oratoria is a species of mantis shrimp found in the Western Pacific. It is widely harvested in Japan where it is known as shako (シャコ, 蝦蛄) and eaten as sushi. Like other members of its order it has a powerful spear, which it uses to hunt invertebrates and small fish. It grows to a length of 185 millimetres, and lives at depths of 10–100 metres. Order: Stomatopoda, Family: Squillidae, Genus: Oratosquilla, Species: Oratosquilla oratoria (De Haan, 1844), Synonyms: Squilla oratoria De Haan, 1844.

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