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Squilla Chydaea
''Squilla'' is a genus of mantis shrimp. It includes the following species: *''Squilla aculeata ''Squilla'' is a genus of mantis shrimp. It includes the following species: *'' Squilla aculeata'' Bigelow, 1893 *''Squilla biformis'' Bigelow, 1891 *'' Squilla bigelowi'' Schmitt, 1940 *'' Squilla brasiliensis'' Calman, 1917 *'' Squilla cadena ...'' Bigelow, 1893 *''Squilla biformis'' Bigelow, 1891 *''Squilla bigelowi'' Schmitt, 1940 *''Squilla brasiliensis'' Calman, 1917 *''Squilla cadenati'' Manning, 1970 *''Squilla caribaea'' Manning, 1969 *''Squilla chydaea'' Manning, 1962 *''Squilla deceptrix'' Manning, 1969 *''Squilla discors'' Manning, 1962 *''Squilla edentata'' (Lunz, 1937) *''Squilla empusa'' Say, 1818 *''Squilla grenadensis'' Manning, 1969 *''Squilla hancocki'' Schmitt, 1940 *''Squilla intermedia'' Bigelow, 1893 *''Squilla latreillei'' *''Squilla lijdingi'' Holthuis, 1959 *''Squilla mantis'' (Carl Linnaeus, Linnaeus, 10th edition of Systema Naturae, 1758) *''Squilla man ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Squilla Mantis
''Squilla mantis'' is a species of mantis shrimp found in shallow coastal areas of the Mediterranean Sea and the Eastern Atlantic Ocean: it is also known as "pacchero" or "canocchia". Its abundance has led to it being the only commercially fished mantis shrimp in the Mediterranean. Description Individuals grow up to long, and is of the ''spearer'' type. It is generally dull brown in colouration, but has two brown eye spots, circled in white, at the base of the telson. Other species – including ''smashers'' – are also sold in the aquarium trade as ''Squilla mantis''. Distribution and ecology ''S. mantis'' digs burrows in muddy and sandy bottoms near the coasts of the Mediterranean Sea and adjacent warm parts of the eastern Atlantic Ocean. It remains in its burrow during the day and comes out at night to hunt, and in the winter to mate. It is found around the entire coast of the Mediterranean, and in the Atlantic Ocean south from the Gulf of Cádiz to Angola, as well as ar ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
