Fluorescent stomatopod pic

[kalim]

I'm not sure whether Gonodactylus has posted this pic before in this forum, but if you are interested, there is an absolutely beautiful pic of a fluorescing stomatopod here (it's not the lysiosquillina, but a gonodactylus sp):

http://www.blueboard.com/mantis/pics/caldwell_fluorescent_gono.htm

 

[polymorphus]

Thats an awesome picture

 

[Gonodactylus]

The species is Gonodactylus platysoma collected and photographed on Lizard Island, Great Barrier Reef. The animal was illuminated with a blue light (470 nm) and photographed through a strong yellow filter which filters out all of the blue light. Only fluorescent emissions are recorded. The red is a green algae and some coralline algae

 

[Isaari]

If only it were possible to look through the eyes of the mantis and see what they see.

 

[RogueCorps]

Wow! That's an amazing pic Roy and Kalim. Thanks for posting that. I keep regretting not picking up the G. Platysoma that I saw at an Alameda LFS.

Thanks!

-Rogue