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Mantis Shrimp
Trinh van Nam
Smithsonian National Museum of Natural History
Washington, DC, United States
Taku spinosocarinatus is a species of mantis shrimp found across the Indo-Pacific ocean. It burrows and lives in cavities among reef flats and can grow up to 18mm or more. It is normally green, brown or near black, and has white spots. It is a smasher, using it powerful appendages to smash prey.
Catalog number(s): Subject: Female Artist: Trinh van Nam Medium: Watercolor Published: Manning, R.B. 1995 Stomatopod Crustacea of Vietnam: The legacy of Raoul Serène. Crustacean Research, Carcinological Society of Japan, Special Number 4:1-339, figs.1-142, pls.1-38.Plate 23
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- Title: Mantis Shrimp
- Creator: Trinh van Nam
- Type: Illustration
- Rights: This image was obtained from the Smithsonian Institution. The image or its contents may be protected by international copyright laws. http://www.si.edu/termsofuse
- External Link: View this object record in the Smithsonian Institution Collections Search Center
- Medium: Watercolor
- USNM Catalog Number(s): 1201003
- Scientific Name: <i>Taku spinosocarinatus</i> (Fukuda, 1909)
- Photo Credit: Smithsonian Institution National Museum of Natural History
- Field: Invertebrate Zoology
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