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Odontodactylus scyllarus (peacock mantis shrimp)
Subject: Odontodactylus scyllarus (peacock mantis shrimp)
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Odontodactylus.Scyllarus - Odontodactylus scyllarus (peacock mantis shrimp).jpg
Resolution: 1799x1358 File Size: 2483394 Bytes Date: 2008:02:14 15:05:03 Camera: Canon PowerShot G7 (Canon) F number: f/3.2 Exposure: 1/60 sec Focal Length: 12733/1000 Upload Date: 2017:02:14 11:22:35

Odontodactylus scyllarus (peacock mantis shrimp)


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Closeup of a stomatopod crustacean (mantis shrimp) Odontodactylus scyllarus taken in the Andaman Sea off Thailand in February, 2008.
Date 14 February 2008, 15:05:03
Source originally posted to Flickr as Mantis Shrimp (Odontodactylus Scyllarus) http://flickr.com/photos/37707866@N00/2276197031
Author Silke Baron http://flickr.com/photos/37707866@N00
Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:OdontodactylusScyllarus.jpg

Odontodactylus scyllarus, known as the peacock mantis shrimp, harlequin mantis shrimp, painted mantis shrimp, or clown mantis shrimp, is a large mantis shrimp native to the Indo-Pacific from Guam to East Africa. In the saltwater aquarium trade, it is both prized for its attractiveness and considered by others to be a dangerous pest. Order: Stomatopoda, Family: Odontodactylidae, Genus: Odontodactylus, Species: Odontodactylus scyllarus (Linnaeus, 1758).

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