Pseudosquilla ciliata

Pseudosquilla ciliata
Pseudosquilla ciliata
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Crustacea
Class: Malacostraca
Order: Stomatopoda
Family: Pseudosquillidae
Genus: Pseudosquilla
Species: P. ciliata
Binomial name
Pseudosquilla ciliata
(Fabricius, 1787) [1]
Synonyms
  • Squilla ciliata Fabricius, 1787
  • Squilla quadrispinosa Eydoux & Souleyet, 1842
  • Squilla stylifera Lamarck, 1818

Pseudosquilla ciliata, the common mantis shrimp, is a species of mantis shrimp, known by common names including rainbow mantis shrimp and false mantis shrimp.[2] It is widepsread in the Indo-Pacific region.[3]

The colour of P. ciliata varies greatly depending on an individual's environment; for example, P. ciliata living in a grass flat will often turn green, while one living in coralline algae will often turn red. P. ciliata may reach a total length of 95 millimetres (3.7 in).[2]

References

  1. ^ "Pseudosquilla ciliata". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. http://www.itis.gov/servlet/SingleRpt/SingleRpt?search_topic=TSN&search_value=99184. Retrieved October 10, 2010. 
  2. ^ a b Roy Caldwell. "Species: Pseudosquilla ciliata". Roy's List of Stomatopoda for the Aquarium. University of California Museum of Paleontology. http://www.ucmp.berkeley.edu/arthropoda/crustacea/malacostraca/eumalacostraca/royslist/species.php?name=p_ciliata. Retrieved January 15, 2010. 
  3. ^ Ming-Hong Cheung, Joey K. W. Leung & Kenny Leung. "A photo record of the coral reef mantis shrimp, Pseudosquilla ciliata in Hong Kong" (PDF). University of Hong Kong. http://www.hku.hk/ecology/porcupine/por29pdf/por29-p08-13.pdf. 


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