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Odontodactylus

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Kingdom
  
Animalia

Superfamily
  
Gonodactyloidea

Phylum
  
Arthropoda

Rank
  
Genus

Subphylum
  
Crustacea

Scientific name
  
Odontodactylus

Higher classification
  
Odontodactylidae

Order
  
Mantis shrimp

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Family
  
OdontodactylidaeManning, 1980

Similar
  
Odontodactylus scyllarus, Mantis shrimp, Gonodactylus, Lysiosquillina maculata, Neogonodactylus

Odontodactylus scyllarus eye movements


Odontodactylus is a genus of mantis shrimp, the only genus in the family Odontodactylidae. Mantis shrimp of the genus Odontodactylus can not only detect circular polarisation of light, but can polarise light reflecting off their telson and uropods.

Contents

The genus Odontodactylus contains the following species:

  • Odontodactylus brevirostris (Miers, 1884)
  • Odontodactylus cultrifer (White, 1850)
  • Odontodactylus hansenii (Pocock, 1893)
  • Odontodactylus havanensis (Bigelow, 1893)
  • Odontodactylus hawaiiensis Manning, 1967
  • Odontodactylus japonicus (de Haan, 1844)
  • Odontodactylus latirostris Borradaile, 1907
  • Odontodactylus scyllarus (Linnaeus, 1758)

    • Odontodactylus scyllarus peacock mantis shrimp smash a sea shell


    References

    Odontodactylus Wikipedia
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