Orange Peacock mantis shrimp (new pic)

[kalim]

Hey guys:

New pic by Reinhard Dirscherl....a beautiful Peacock mantis shrimp from Papua New guinea...

http://www.blueboard.com/mantis/pics/reinhard.htm

 

[kalim]

side view

side view

a side view of that critter would probably look like this gorgeous pic by scott:

http://www.blueboard.com/mantis/pics/scottl_odsc2.htm

 

[Gonodactylus]

Depending on depth and lighting, juvenile O. scyllarus are yellow to orange. This is a juvenile.

Roy