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Alien Shrimp?
While fishing off the coast of Fort Pierce , Florida , Steve Bargeron saw a match nearby draw out up an outsized prawn - corresponding specimen that he jokingly call an " alien creature " that was wildly flopping its tush . After snapping some photos , one of which is shown here , the fisherman throw the fauna back into the pee . [ Read full story ]
Huge Florida Mantis Shrimp
That " alien creature " is in reality a type of mantis shrimp , likely a speciesLysiosquilla , according to Roy Caldwell , a professor of integrative biology at the University of California , Berkeley . And like otherLysiosquillaspecies , this one showed off three pairs of walking legs and a large , articulated stomach , Caldwell said . [ Read full story ]
Huge Mantis Shrimp Caught
Though Bargeron estimated the beastly peewee catch off Florida was a whopping 18 inch ( 46 cm ) long , mintage of Lysiosquilla typically only grow to about a infantry long , Caldwell said , lend that he doubted the catch really achieve that size . Bargeron noted he did n’t have a measuring tape to register the sizing of the catch . [ Read full report ]
Mantis Shrimp Spearer
mantid shrimp are see stomatopods , which can be identified by their prominent claws , which are used for various social function , for instance , to knife thrust or bang up prey . Here , an double render a mantid shrimp ’s backbone - covered leg , or " spearer , " which it uses to stab prey .
Mantis Shrimp
Mantis runt are crustaceans that are typically found in shallow tropical and sub - tropical habitat . These animal can be colorful , ranging from dark-brown hue to neon colors .
Mantis Shrimp Close-up
Mantis shrimp live in burrows on the seafloor and seldom come up out , with some females never leave such hideout , Caldwell say . Here , a manly mantis prawn .
Largest Mantis Shrimp
The distinction for the largest stomatopod species work toLysiosquillina maculata(shown here ) , a mantid shrimp that lives in the Pacific Ocean from Hawaii to east Africa . The heavy individuals in this species can grow to a whopping 15 inch ( 40 cm ) long .
Crazy Eyes
Here , a juvenile peacock mantid shrimp , Odontodactylus scyllarus , show off its googley middle and hammerlike chela that can smash up prey with the acceleration of a 0.22 - bore smoke . This species sports 12 different type of photoreceptors when four to seven are all that is necessitate .
