Mysterious Tail

[Maisek]

anyone know who may be the owner? ;]

http://img187.imageshack.us/my.php?image=p8260039yz1.jpg

Before molt mantis was orange now it is green.

 

[Gonodactylus]

Without seeing the entire animal, there is one piece of information that I would need to nail down a reasnonable guess as to what this is. There are only a few possibilities, but the two most likely come from different oceans. Do you know if this was from Indonesia or the Eastern Pacific?

What color is the meral spot?

Roy

 

[Maisek]

http://img73.imageshack.us/img73/8319/p8260067hf5.jpg
It's the best foto that I can make for now - maybe in a few days mantis will act normaly/active and than I shoot better picture of him/her. This is his first day after molt.

LR was from Indonesia

 

[Gonodactylus]

Definitely Gonodactylellus and probably G. molyneux. Does not get bigger than 25-30 mm.

Roy

 

[Pea-brain]

Dr. Roy do you put all known hitchikers on Roy's list, or only repeated hitch hikers? should we expect this to go on roy's list? I seem to remember you saying something about adding another hitchiker a while ago and I was just wondering.....

 

[Maisek]

Yes, this mantis has 2,5cm
Thx ;]

 

[Gonodactylus]

I only include animals that I have been able to verify as to species and that I have photographed. For example, I did not include Haptosquilla hamifera until it was sent to me because I had never collected one. It can be very difficult to id some of these animals without a detailed view of the morphology.

What I think is G. molyneux has shown up now several times, so when I get some photographs of it, I will include it. However, I'm still being cautious because I can only find records of it from Australia. It could be a new species.

Roy