Mantis ID?

[Calappidae]

I got this tiny ghost shrimp sized mantis at my lfs yesterday. I think its a wennerae but I can't tell. It is all red, white meral spots, clear red scales, and few very white spots around body, part of the claws are blueish green like the wennerae pictures on roy's list. LFS just called her a red mantis shrimp. They also had another that was small like her but it was black or greenish too small to tell so they are a color changing one. I found out it is a smasher from the lack of sleep I got last night from it hitting the sides of the container.. my peacock is more quiet. It eyeballs everything in the tank outside of her container so its more aggressive like a gonodacylus.

 

[sellersmd]

not sure on ID, but good find nonetheless!

 

[Kharn]

White meral spot...

N.bredini or N.wennerae or perhaps something else...but I don't think it's a G.chiragra.

 

[Calappidae]

White meral spot...

N.bredini or N.wennerae or perhaps something else...but I don't think it's a G.chiragra.

Its completely red, even the tail matches the rest of the body perfectly...

In person the color looks exactly like the guy in this Smilie -> :headwalls:

Didn't know chiragra came in red. Either way It has to be a color changing one... so I'm going to try to get a red bulb and I got nice red ricordae to try and keep it's color as more than likely it was found somewhere deeper.

 

[Kharn]

Most smaller smashers are highly color polymorphic and can change into different vivid colors, it's generally why overall coloration for I.D. isn't the 'best' use for Identifying species.

 

[Calappidae]

Most smaller smashers are highly color polymorphic and can change into different vivid colors, it's generally why overall coloration for I.D. isn't the 'best' use for Identifying species.

Update: I got a good look at it and its thorax is actually transperant. When it it spreads it's arms the thorax is as transperant as the annental scales..

 

[Calappidae]

I discovered a new cure for asterina control! ... its my mantis... it just attacked an asterina crawling up the outside part of the container...

 

[peasofme]

he looks awesome. the only lfs that got mantis here is now closed

 

[Psicloner]

Cool little guy

 

[Calappidae]

he looks awesome. the only lfs that got mantis here is now closed

Can't you special order them at another LFS?

 

[peasofme]

i'm currently trying that. but no luck so far. it doesn't look good tbh.

 

[Calappidae]

i'm currently trying that. but no luck so far. it doesn't look good tbh.

Not sure what type of mantis you want but ThatPetPlace online usually always has zebras and peacocks and ciliatas in stock... right now they have peacocks and zebras as we speak.

 

[peasofme]

too much moula

 

[Calappidae]

too much moula

Speaking of too much moula.. I spent $124 on my peacock. :headwally:

and this little red mantis is was $30

 

[peasofme]

that red one is really cool. you got your money's worth there.

 

[Calappidae]

that red one is really cool. you got your money's worth there.

I hope it stays that color.

I'm going to try putting it under red leds to keep the color

 

[Islandoftiki]

I hope it stays that color.

I'm going to try putting it under red leds to keep the color

Red LED's? Are you trying to grow algae? Because that's what it'll do.

The mantis' red color will likely come from a lot of red coraline algae in it's environment.

 

[Calappidae]

Red LED's? Are you trying to grow algae? Because that's what it'll do.

The mantis' red color will likely come from a lot of red coraline algae in it's environment.

I think red specimens are obtained at deeper depths.

Color: Variable, often solid green but brown, brick red or cream, sometimes mottled; like many gonodactyloids, this species changes color depending on habitat color and depth. Animals from below 10 m are often red; shallow animals green or cream. In the aquarium under bright, broad spectrum light, red animals usually turn green after one or two molts; meral spot white.

I'm going to take the red lighting growing algae into consituration. It wouldn't be an issue if I already didn't have algae bloom problems... not to mention harlequin shrimp in a tank connected to the mantis's constantly adding fuel to the algae with their food.

 

[peasofme]

the deeper the water, the bluer the light i believe.

 

[Fartin'Gary]

Blue light having the longest wavelength does indeed penetrate the deepest. Red light doesn't make it far at all. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Underwater_vision