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Pseudosquilla ciliata (common mantis shrimp)
Subject: Pseudosquilla ciliata (common mantis shrimp)
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Pseudosquilla - Pseudosquilla ciliata (common mantis shrimp).JPG
Resolution: 467x700 File Size: 212306 Bytes Date: 2008:12:05 18:29:49 Camera: Canon EOS DIGITAL REBEL XTi (Canon) F number: f/2.8 Exposure: 1/125 sec Focal Length: 90/1 Upload Date: 2017:02:14 11:18:02

Pseudosquilla ciliata (common mantis shrimp)


Description
Close up of Pseudosquilla ciliata eye
Date 5 December 2008
Source photographed by Shumpei Maruyama
Author Shumpei Maruyama
Source: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Pseudosquilla.JPG

Pseudosquilla ciliata, the common mantis shrimp, is a species of mantis shrimp, known by common names including rainbow mantis shrimp and false mantis shrimp. It is widespread in the tropical Indo-Pacific region and in both the western and eastern Atlantic Ocean. P. ciliata usually remains in its burrow during the day and emerges at night to forage. It is a predator and feeds on small fish, worms and small crustaceans, particularly shrimps. Order: Stomatopoda, Family: Pseudosquillidae, Genus: Pseudosquilla, Species: Pseudosquilla ciliata (Fabricius, 1787).
Synonyms:
Squilla ciliata Fabricius, 1787
Squilla quadrispinosa Eydoux & Souleyet, 1842
Squilla stylifera Lamarck, 1818

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