Phylum Arthropoda

Suborder Stomatopoda

Mantis Shrimps

 

HAWAII

Pseudosquilla ciliata

Kaneohe Bay, Oahu, 45 feet

 

Ft. Kamehameha, Oahu, 3 feet

Wailupe, Oahu, 2 feet

Wailupe, Oahu, 2 feet

CILIATED MANTIS SHRIMP

Common on weedy reef flats in shallow water.  Varies from white to green.  About 3 inches.

Lysiosquilla sulcirostra

Sea Tiger, Oahu, 105 feet

Sea Tiger, Oahu, 105 feet

BURROWING MANTIS SHRIMP

A large species that inhabits sandy burrows.  Hawaii & the Indo-Pacific.

Odontodactylus brevirostris

Ewa Pinnacle, Oahu, 85 feet

Ewa Pinnacle, Oahu, 85 feet

SHORTNOSE MANTIS SHRIMP

Inhabits burrows in sandy rubble at scuba depths.  Attains 3 inches.  Hawaii & the Indo-Pacific.

Oratosquilla oratoria

Kailua-Kona Pier, Hawaii, 35 feet

BURROWING MANTIS SHRIMP

A large species that inhabits sandy burrows.

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