mantis shrimp????

[abran]

can anyone tell me if this is a baby mantis? I found him in my tank and dont know what he is. It is about 1/4 of an inch if even that. I have him in a glass of water now. I dont want to put it back in my reef if it is one. I keep my hands in the tank to much and one day he will get me when he gets bigger. anyone please help me.....

 

[dc]

I couldn't even guess! Looks cool tho. Do you have a sump or something?

 

[figuerres]

from what I could see I think it looks like a trigger or pistol shrimp.

mantis have front arms that look like a praying-mantis insect.

what I saw looked like one large claw and one small claw.

can you get some photos from other angles?

 

[traveller7]

Does not look mantis to me either but it would be worth putting him into a little net breeder, the sump or something. Be interesting to see what he grows into.

 

[katar]

Wow nice looking shrimp it looks like an anemone shrimp. It is transparent like an anemone shrimp.

 

[Foster]

I would guess, not a mantis