can stomatopods smell?

[mickey85]

well, can they? And if so, how important is it? What senses do they have, exactly? Can they hear? I'm very intersted in this. I'd assume that since their eyesight is second to none, that's what they would primarily use to hunt, but are the other senses important as well?


Also, do spearers have keener senses than smashers? I mean, if a smasher really wanted a meal, just pick on a slow moving crab. Spearers get to catch fish and such that are relatively fast, and they don't have a very long "arm" so to speak...

 

[Thurge]

I know of several people who have trained their mantis that tapping on the glass means its time to get something to eat. I would say that they can at least hear.

 

[Gonodactylus]

Their chemosensory senses are extremely well developed. Several years ago I demonstrated that individual Neogonodactylus after one brief encounter with another individual can remember its odor. In some cases they could remember the odor of the other animal for nearly a month. This was the first demonstration of true individual recognition mediating aggression in an invertebrate. The receptors involved are located on a comb of hairs on the second flagellum of the antennule.

Roy

 

[mickey85]

Interesting...Thanks Dr.!

 

[dead beat reef]

they can see very good, sence vibrations, smell and tell what
time it is. If the foods alittle late, its upset. were talking 20 mins.
upset means kill something. watch your fingers

 

[mickey85]

I know that they can see well, and sense things with their antennae, but I didn't know if they had a "nose" per-se. And my platysoma is so shy that he never comes out for feeding time anyway - I've given up and just drop in hermits.