Mantis ID

[johnson71]

I just got this Mantis shrimp a few hours ago at my LFS. I special ordered it as a zebra mantis shrimp, but I dont think it is, and I have been reading a lot of stuff about it. Any Ideas?


http://photos-772.ll.facebook.com/photos-ll-sctm/v127/22/6/27222772/n27222772_33050529_1233.jpg

 

[Angel7989]

that is definatley NOT a zebra,
they are spearers, this is a smasher.
although i have no idea what this one is.

 

[johnson71]

Yeah I know, I really wanted a spearer too. Had I known I would end up with a smasher I would have gotten a peacock. I can't find anything that looks like this one.

 

[JJ21]

angel i see you have my avatar in your sig

 

[justinl]

Im 95% certain you got a G. chiragra.

http://www.ucmp.berkeley.edu/arthro...costraca/royslist/species.php?name=g_chiragra

 

[Gonodactylus]

It is a female G. chiragra - not even close to Lysiosquillina.

Roy

 

[johnson71]

Thanks Roy, do females change color after time, or what should I expect there?

By the way, do you work with Sheila Patek out at Berkeley? Her presentation on youtube is what got me into stomatopods in the first place.

 

[Gonodactylus]

G. chiragra do not change color to any great extent.

Sheila was a postdoc in my lab and then was hired at Berkeley. I work with her on several projects including the biomechanics of the strike and sound production.

Roy

 

[Giga]

I hope you have think glass tank because your mantis packs a punch
I like that mantis when there like black with red tint look great!