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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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