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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Crustaceans (Crustacea) » Malacostracans (Malacostraca) » Mantis Shrimps (Stomatopoda)
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Mantis Shrimp
Copyright © 2012 Dann Thombs

Mantis Shrimp
Portsmouth, Newport County, Rhode Island, USA
October 30, 2012
Washed up during Hurricane Sandy

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Contributed by Dann Thombs on 31 October, 2012 - 1:14pm

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Moved from ID Request.
… Ryan St Laurent, 31 October, 2012 - 1:23pm login or register to post comments

Cool find!
Being a Rhode Islander myself (although I am away, and did not experience Sandy firsthand) I'm glad to see your submission.

This is almost certainly Squilla empusa. A species I've only seen in captivity in RI. Hopefully I'll come across one in the Bay at some point. I believe they are fairly common in Narragansett Bay, but reclusive and rarely seen by the general public.

Although there isn't a real need for marine crustaceans in the guide, I'd be happy to move your photos to the proper order page, which surprisingly enough already exists in the guide.
… Ryan St Laurent, 31 October, 2012 - 1:23pm login or register to post comments

 
Thanks for your quick input.
Thanks for your quick input. Aquatic crustaceans were recently adopted by bugguide fairly recently, and I welcome that, but I'm still terrible at ID'ing them. Hopefully someone can create the full taxonomy. I will add these to my RI Bugguide page in the mean time. Thanks again.
… Dann Thombs, 31 October, 2012 - 1:39pm login or register to post comments

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