Mantis Shrimp

Moved

… Ryan St Laurent, 31 October, 2012 - 1:23pm

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

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