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Gonodactylus
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Haptosquilla glyptocercus. Asside from the telson characteristics, the reddish line between the fourth and fifth abdomenal segments is typical of this species. Maximum size is around 4 cm. They usually are found in the low intertidal to a depth of 2 m living in cavities in coral rubble or rock.
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Gonodactylus
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I might add that this is onve of the toughest of all stomatopods and is extremely easy to keep. They are very slow growing and I've had individuals in my lab for over 5 years. Because they don't leave their cavities very often, they are ideal animals for small systems even under 5 liters. Given occasional water changes, they don't seem to suffer from the shell disease and raptorial appendage loss that plague other species of stomatopods kept in captivity.
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Mr.Lizard
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Hello there again, Dr. Roy- My N. curacaoensis seems to be doing quite well. I changed the lighting over her ( a 'she' I believe...) 20g tank to a 55w PC, and she changed from the brick red to a medium green with spots of light blue on the carapace. She seems to like snails- a LOT! Does giving them live food to 'work' on help keep them from losing their raptorial appendages? I have yet to see any shedding- Do some of them keep shedding private in their lair?
Hope you are well and the 'Stomatopodiatry' also....
Hope you are well and the 'Stomatopodiatry' also....
Gonodactylus
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The color change you describe is typical for an animal moving from blue light to broad spectrum lighting (deep to shallow).
It is certainly easy to miss a molt particularly in a smaller stomatopod. The process takes a few days from when they stop eating through the molt to when they resume feeding, but unless you are keeping track of when the animal feeds, it is easy to miss. Also, they will often completely eat the old molt skin, so you won't see the evidence. One sure sign of a recent molt is color change.
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It is certainly easy to miss a molt particularly in a smaller stomatopod. The process takes a few days from when they stop eating through the molt to when they resume feeding, but unless you are keeping track of when the animal feeds, it is easy to miss. Also, they will often completely eat the old molt skin, so you won't see the evidence. One sure sign of a recent molt is color change.
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