Mantis Shrimps

Stomatopoda Latreille 1817

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Stomatopoda (Mantis Shrimps) is an order of typical crustaceans. There are 126 species of Mantis Shrimps, in 25 genera and 9 families.

EOL has data for 9 attributes, including:

known marine species
- URI: http://eol.org/schema/terms/DescribedAcceptedSpecies
- Definition: number of currently described and taxonomically accepted marine species in this clade (Appeltans et al. 2012. The Magnitude of Global Marine Species Diversity. Current Biology 22, 2189–2202. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.cub.2012.09.036)
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geographic distribution includes
- URI: http://eol.org/schema/terms/Present
- Definition: This organism is known to be present in this location or region. Not exclusive; other regions may also be reported.
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Japan
- URI: http://www.geonames.org/1861060
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harvested in
- URI: https://eol.org/schema/terms/harvested_in
- Definition: This organism is caught or collected, and put to human use, in the following region(s)
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United States
- URI: http://www.geonames.org/6252001
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trophic guild
- URI: http://eol.org/schema/terms/TrophicGuild
- Definition: A group of species that exploit the same food resources, and/or use the same feeding or foraging methods. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Guild_(ecology)
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predator
- URI: https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q170430
- Definition: Organism that obtains food by hunting
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undescribed marine species present in museum collections
- URI: http://eol.org/schema/terms/UndescribedSpeciesInMuseumCollections
- Definition: "marine species in this clade which are currently represented in specimen collections (estimate) (Appeltans et al. 2012. The Magnitude of Global Marine Species Diversity. Current Biology 22, 2189–2202. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.cub.2012.09.036)"
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Known occurrences, collected specimens and observations of mantis shrimps. View this species on GBIF

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Mantis Shrimp Habitats

The environments in which many mantis shrimps species are known to live. Select an environment to see its mantis shrimps species checklist.

mantis shrimps Habitats

The environments in which many mantis shrimps species are known to live. Select an environment to see its mantis shrimps species checklist.

mantis shrimps includes 1 child:

Unipeltata Latreille 1825