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MANTIS SHRIMPS : INVERTEBRATES
HAVANA MANTIS (Odontodactylus havanensis) < 7 cm / 2.75 in Pale body with red and green markings. Red front claws. Green eyestalks. Dark spot on long antennal scales.
SCALY-TAILED MANTIS (Lysiosquilla scabricauda) < 30 cm / 1 ft
The largest of the mantis shrimps. Golden antennal plates with black speckles. Found in rounded burrows.
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(Neogonodactylus oerstedii)
 olors  ar   idel  de endin  on ha itat.  he four distincti e s i es on the tail remain the same.
                                
(Pseudosquilla ciliata)
 olors de end on ha itat. O er sand  areas it ma  dis la  li ht and dar   ro n stri es as camou a e.
SWOLLEN CLAW MANTIS (Neogonodactylus oerstedii) < 5 cm / 2 in Mottled body in white, brown and green. Patterns are  aria le.  o ed e es.  ail ends in four  ointed s i es.
CILIATED FALSE SQUILLA (Pseudosquilla ciliata) < 9 cm / 3.5 in Brown to light green body with white spots or stripes.  o ed e es.  an chan e colors  uic l  as it mo es.
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