Pics of my new Mantis
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I was hoping he'd step in and give me a definate ID .....
mantisshrimp
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Looks like Gonodactylus chiragra to me.Or Neogonodactylus wennerae.
Gonodactylus
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I don't like to make positive ID's when I don't have the specimen in hand or even know where it came from. I can tell you that this does not appear to be Neogonodactylus wennerae or N. bredini. It is, however, definitely a gonodactylid.
All Neogonodactylus have an accessory longitudinal carina on the mesial side of the itermediate carina of the telson. I can't see one in the photos, so I am assuming that this is not a gonodactylid from the western hemisphere. It also does not look like G. chiragra. My guess is Gonodactylus viridis, a common in shore stomatoood from Indonesia, Thailand, etc.
Odontodactylus scyllarus change body color dramatically as they mature, but the species specific color markings on the uropods, antennal scales, etc. appear in late postlarvae - less than 35 mm.
One reason I have been off line for a few days was that I was trying to come up with some very large male O. scyllarus. The good news is that I did, some of the largest I have ever seen. The bad news is that one put a dactyl tip to the bone in my index finger which is now somewhat infected and impossible to use typing. This reinforces in my mind my warning about O. scyllarus inflicted wounds being prone to infection. Remember my story about the surgeon who had to have his finger amputated! The stab I suffered last week bled a lot and I cleaned it out immediately with everything I could think of from hydrogen peroxide to antibiotics, so hopefully all digits will remain intact..
Very large O.s. never cease to amaze me with their power. One made a direct hit on my plastic collecting bucket and put a hole clean through it - and this was a smash, not a stab.
All Neogonodactylus have an accessory longitudinal carina on the mesial side of the itermediate carina of the telson. I can't see one in the photos, so I am assuming that this is not a gonodactylid from the western hemisphere. It also does not look like G. chiragra. My guess is Gonodactylus viridis, a common in shore stomatoood from Indonesia, Thailand, etc.
Odontodactylus scyllarus change body color dramatically as they mature, but the species specific color markings on the uropods, antennal scales, etc. appear in late postlarvae - less than 35 mm.
One reason I have been off line for a few days was that I was trying to come up with some very large male O. scyllarus. The good news is that I did, some of the largest I have ever seen. The bad news is that one put a dactyl tip to the bone in my index finger which is now somewhat infected and impossible to use typing. This reinforces in my mind my warning about O. scyllarus inflicted wounds being prone to infection. Remember my story about the surgeon who had to have his finger amputated! The stab I suffered last week bled a lot and I cleaned it out immediately with everything I could think of from hydrogen peroxide to antibiotics, so hopefully all digits will remain intact..
Very large O.s. never cease to amaze me with their power. One made a direct hit on my plastic collecting bucket and put a hole clean through it - and this was a smash, not a stab.
