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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Crustaceans (Crustacea) » Malacostracans (Malacostraca) » Mantis Shrimps (Stomatopoda)
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Atlantic tidal sands burrower
Copyright © 2011 Lahna

Atlantic tidal sands burrower
Ponce Inlet, Florida, USA
June 1, 2011
Size: 3"
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Contributed by Lahna on 4 June, 2011 - 8:18pm
Last updated 5 June, 2011 - 5:50pm

Moved
Moved from Malacostracans.
… Ken Wolgemuth, 5 June, 2011 - 5:50pm login or register to post comments

Moved for expert attention
Moved from ID Request.
… Ken Wolgemuth, 5 June, 2011 - 12:04am login or register to post comments

I agree with Ryan
In fact, I'd go so far as to suggest that this could be Coronis excavatrix.

I would even make a page for it, but I'm not clear on the taxonomy. I know it's in the Order Stomatopoda, which is in the Class Malacostraca and Subclass Hoplocarida. However, I don't know to which Superorder Stromatopoda belongs. Perhaps a crustacean expert will provide some guidance.
… Ken Wolgemuth, 5 June, 2011 - 12:04am login or register to post comments

 
Nice
Good job with the species ID. Stomatopods have always interested me.
… Ryan St Laurent, 5 June, 2011 - 7:57am login or register to post comments

 
coronis excavatrix
Thanks Ken. That looks like it for sure. All I can say is I didn't want to step on it with bare feet! Sure looks insecty, no?
Lahna
… Lahna, 5 June, 2011 - 6:29am login or register to post comments

Not an insect
This looks like a mantis shrimp, I'm not certain though and I have no clue what species (or even genus for that matter).
… Ryan St Laurent, 4 June, 2011 - 8:41pm login or register to post comments

 
Could be
I'm not a FL gal, so I am unfamiliar with such things, but it could be that and not a beetle larva or something. It didn't have any claws and very short eyestalks, if at all, but as it was in the tideline... and did dig in straight down under the sand. I reminded me of a bit of a dragonfly larva. I did google images ans see that there's huge variation in mantis shrimp.
Thanks Ryan
… Lahna, 4 June, 2011 - 10:10pm login or register to post comments

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