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Order Stomatopoda * Mantis shrimps * ����� �������
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Shrimp-like crustaceans, with one pair of feet enlaged into raptorian claws
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Family Lysiosquillidae ����� ������� �������

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The raptorial feet carrying several spines in a row

Stomatopod larva from Eilat (April 2017)

 
Late larval stage (Alima)
 

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Mantis shrimp


Lysiosquillina maculata
(Fabricius, 1793)

Present in the Red Sea (Vine, 1986)

Photo: G. Hochman (Eilat) Photo: C. Haug et al. 2016
Photo: J. Poupin (IP Ocean)
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Family Gonodactylidae ����� ���-���� �������

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The raptorial feet carrying a single sharp spine

Head & tail of Gonodactylus
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Mantis shrimp


Gonodactylus cf. chiragra
(Fabricius, 1781)
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Mantis shrimp


Gonodactylus sp.
Head only
Photo: O. Lederman (Eilat)  Photo: Omri Omessi (Eilat)




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Mantis shrimp




Gonodactylus sp. 

(both same individual)

Intertidal

UmRashrash tidal


Photo: Y. Balaban (Eilat)
Photo: J. Dafni (Eilat intertidal)

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Mantis shrimp


Unknown Mantid
Eilat, 25 m. Satil. August, 2005
Photo: O. Lederman (Eilat)




Acanthosquilla multifasciata
(Wood-Mason, 1895)

Fam: Nannosquilidae
Det, after: fishelson, 1970,
Vine 1986
> WoRMS

Photo: D. Barchana, Eilat 2017


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Mantid shrimp


Unknown Mantid
Eilat,
Photo: Y. Esh (Eilat)
Photo: Y. Halevy (Eilat)