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[Christsknight]

For some reason this site will not allow me to post pics, i have tryed on 3 computers. Could some send me there email that can Identify my mantis, thanks.

 

[Hutton]

jokeperson69@yahoo.com

 

[Christsknight]

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[Christsknight]

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[Christsknight]

There we go, now that i know how to do it it is quite easy, Ignore my comment b4
Well here is the little monster.
Along with the ID, can i have some Info?

 

[Timmy]

I think it`s a female Gonodactylaceus ternatensis.
The Meral Spot should be orange.
More about this species you can find in Roy`s great list.

 

[ReefGeekster]

I think it`s a female Gonodactylaceus ternatensis.
The Meral Spot should be orange.
More about this species you can find in Roy`s great list.

Which is here: http://www.reefcentral.com/forums/showthread.php?s=&threadid=684195

 

[Uriel]

I think it`s a female Gonodactylaceus ternatensis.
The Meral Spot should be orange.
More about this species you can find in Roy`s great list.

Doesn't look like a female tern to me.

I have a female G. tern, and they have a specific coloration: Dark green with red segmented lines between their shell sections(the pic looked like it had reddish inter segmental sections, but it is VERY red in a ternatensis). As well, they have lots of spots around their antennal scales and their primary arms will have a pattern rather like zebra, look at the last tern pic in Dr. Roy's List.

Here are a few front shots of Baba-Yaga, my female G. tern.

http://reefcentral.com/gallery/showphoto.php?photo=120280&papass=&sort=1&thecat=500

http://reefcentral.com/gallery/showphoto.php?photo=120281&papass=&sort=1&thecat=500

http://reefcentral.com/gallery/showphoto.php?photo=89261&papass=&sort=1&thecat=500

That mantis looks a bit like the G. Graphurus that I just picked up, but it could be one of several mantis, really.

I didn't mean to chime in like a know-it-all, but G. tern is one of the most recognizable/distinct mantis (along with O. scyllarus,of course).

Dr. Roy is out in the field, but Haplochlaena, over on Grimmreefers.com wors with him, and he could ID it for you.

Hope that helped,

-Ron

 

[Hutton]

i knew it was osme form of gonodactylus! im getin better at this

 

[Christsknight]

thanks for all the help, ROY look at my mantis i really wanna know what this baby is.

 

[Christsknight]

i most deffinatly have a Gonodactylaceus ternatensis
Mine has a very distintive orange spot, and is bigger than all other Gonodactylaceus species.
Uriel, from front on our look exactly the same, yours have brighter colours.
Thanks guys

 

[Gonodactylus]

There are only two species of gonodactylid that have red intersegmental lines, G. ternatensis and an occasional G. smithii. If the meral spots are orange and the antennal scales yellow, it is a female G. t.

I am still in Moorea and have had a good trip collecting G. childi, G. affinis, Chorisquilla excavata, Lysiosquillina maculata and L. sulcata,
Pullosquilla thomasini and P. litoralis, Alima, a couple of small postlarval Acanthosquilla, and the surprise, five Odontodactylus latirostris. In 25 years of diving here in Moorea, I have never seen them.

Roy

 

[CrazyLionfish]

Want to send me one

 

[sandlot13]

haha, me too???

 

[Uriel]

...and the surprise, five Odontodactylus latirostris. In 25 years of diving here in Moorea, I have never seen them.

Roy

Those are great finds,Dr. Roy.
I'd give a lot just to find a Odontodactylus havanensis, though.
I've really taken quite a liking to their look, with the yellows and pinks.

 

[Christsknight]

Then i got a GT, she is a little beauty.
For some reason the salt went off the chart!!! i dont know how and i dont know why.
Its at 1.025 now and she is always out now. Looking at me waiting for food. She is still abit shy, but it settling in nicely.
She has made 2 dens, one on either side of the tank....
She seems to hang out in the left side in day, but when i wake up in the morning shes in the right... :S i dont get it.
Thanks for the help.

 

[Uriel]

My G.tern is likewise always 'out'.
She is a very interactive mantis, definately one of the fave's of whoever visits me.
My G. platysoma is also a big roam-around guy, when he isn't in a molt.

 

[pisces77]

...five Odontodactylus latirostris. In 25 years of diving here in Moorea, I have never seen them.

Roy

I have one. Very interactive. Buried all of the LR in her tank to help create that U-shaped tunnel. Doesn't strike very hard for a 3" mantis (compared to a ternatensis or glaborous) but much more active. Are these rare in the world or just in that location? I have only seen one other in the trade (here, someone had it).

 

[biomekanic]

There are only two species of gonodactylid that have red intersegmental lines, G. ternatensis and an occasional G. smithii. If the meral spots are orange and the antennal scales yellow, it is a female G. t.

I am still in Moorea and have had a good trip collecting G. childi, G. affinis, Chorisquilla excavata, Lysiosquillina maculata and L. sulcata,
Pullosquilla thomasini and P. litoralis, Alima, a couple of small postlarval Acanthosquilla, and the surprise, five Odontodactylus latirostris. In 25 years of diving here in Moorea, I have never seen them.

Roy

You know, if you ever retire you could make quite the living importing stomatopods and feeding our addiction...