http://the.honoluluadvertiser.com/article/2003/Feb/14/ln/ln01a.html
Not sure of the scientific merit, but an interesting read.
Not sure of the scientific merit, but an interesting read.
Interesting Article
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Gonodactylus
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The major error in this story that ran a few years ago is that they got the identification wrong. The stomatopod in question is Lysiosquillina maculata, not Odontodactylus scyllarus. A 15 inch O. scyllarus would certainly get peoples attention! L. maculata is common throughout Hawaii and given that it usually lives in mud and sand, I'm not surprised that it is found in the canal.
Roy
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I was looking at the pictures and wondering when O. scyllarus became a spearer and changed its color patterns. It seemed kind of ironic that they would be talking about catching "world record" size specimens and eating them. I would hope people would be more interested in furthering scientific studies then filling their stomachs with stomatopods from toxic environments... but I guess that's the world.
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