I have seen a few posts about mantis getting a shell disease. I was wondering if it was species specific or whether diferent animals can pass the disease along to my mantis. I put a couple of shrimp i caught in the gulf of mexico in with my mantis so that he could snack on them whenever he wanted and today i noticed one of them had a couple of dark spots on its shell. I dont know if they are diseased or just damaged from an attack. Does anyone know if my mantis can catch anything from these shrimp?
How is shell disease passed?
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Gonodactylus
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Since we don't know the primary cause of shell disease in stomatopods, I can't say if they can "catch" it from a shrimp. My guess would be no, although some of the secondary infections that develop once the disease is established might be passed along.
We usually only see a "shell disease" in large Odontodactylus scyllarus, other Odontodactylus species, Gonodactylus chiragra, Gonodactylaceus ternatensis, and Hemisquilla ensigera.
It is not common in Neogonodactylus or Pseudosquilla species.
Roy
We usually only see a "shell disease" in large Odontodactylus scyllarus, other Odontodactylus species, Gonodactylus chiragra, Gonodactylaceus ternatensis, and Hemisquilla ensigera.
It is not common in Neogonodactylus or Pseudosquilla species.
Roy
