Some mantis! is my Id correct?

[Timmy]

Hello my name ist Timmy and i collect mantis shrimps. I work in an marine store and save life. We import alot of live rocks and i search for mantis and other species in it. Every week i get maybe 3 or 4 new mantis shrimps.

Here are some pics with my id. Hope this is correct.

He has orange meral spots, is 7 cm and comes from bali. I think this is a Gonodactylaceus glabrous.

White meral spots, 5 cm and also from bali. I think a Gonodacytellus viridis

Also comes from bali. No idea!

Nice small mantis from bali. No idea.

I have a lot of mantis and i'm not shure what species they are.
I hope you can help me.
Sorry for my english, i'm from germany.

 

[rwhhunt]

DO you ship/sale any of these specimens??

 

[Timmy]

Hi rwhhunt,

i'm from germany. It's not possible to sent it to greece. It takes a long time to deliver and i don't think the mantis will survife that.

I think the mantis on pic 4 is a
Gondodactylaceus falcatus. But i'm not sure!

 

[rwhhunt]

...yeah...well actually im in Athens, Georgia, USA....so i imagine thats kinda too far as well... Its too bad, because those are beautiful specimens! I really like the colors of the viridis, and that last one is very unique! I have never seen one like that, it is very skinny. Dr Roy is the one you would want to contact for a positve ID. He has been compiling an in-depth guide to species identification and husbandry information. It should be up pretty soon...

 

[Timmy]

The one on the last picture is very small. About 1,5 cm. I have another one in different color.
Here ist the pic.

and maybe the next one is also the same.

 

[ReefGeekster]

Great collection! Maybe Dr. Ron will chime in and help you.

 

[Gonodactylus]

You are correct on the G. glabrous and G. viridis. The third one is difficult without seeing the meral spots or telson.

The small animal with bilobed eyes is Chorisquilla - probably C. hystrix although there is an outside chance that it is C. spinosissima. They are very hard to tell apart.

The black and white animal is a juvenile Haptosquilla glyptocercus. The last one is also Haptosquilla, but I can't see enough for a positive ID.

Roy

 

[Timmy]

Thank you very much Dr. Roy,

i have some more pics from the third mantis. Hope my id Gondodactylaceus falcatus is correct.

Telson

I have taken some more photos from the small Chorisquilla. Better pics are not possible, because he is only 1,5 cm small and my camera does not better. Hope it helps for a possible id.

 

[ReefGeekster]

Great collection! Maybe Dr. Ron will chime in and help you.

OPPS! I meant Dr. Roy and not Dr. Ron. So Timmy what and how do you house all those Mantis's ?

 

[Timmy]

So Timmy what and how do you house all those Mantis's ?

I have eight 10 liter nano tanks for the mantis between 4 and 8 cm. For the smaller species i have constructed some mini hang in tanks. All tanks are connected to a technical tank with skimmer. For my O. scyllarus i have a 54 liter tank.

 

[Gonodactylus]

It certainly looks like G. falcatus. The color pattern is a bit different, but this is a very color polymorphic species. If you have a polarizing filter, or even a good pair of polaroid sunglasses, look at the pink distal half of of the uropod endopod. I suspect is is strongly polarized and should change from red to white as you rotate the filter.

Sorry, but I cannot positively id the Chorisquilla. With the new images, I can tell that it isn't C. hystrix or spinosissima. It appears to fall into the C. tuberculata group, but I don't recognize it and without the animal in hand, I can't key it out. My best guess is C. tuberculata (but I can't see if the bosses are tuberculate) or C. andamanica which has smooth bosses.

Roy

 

[Timmy]

Thank you Dr. Roy,

i've learned so much from you the last time and it's a very interesting species. I still have so much questions.

The last chance to id this small Chorisquilla is to give you the uncompressed pics. If it's not possible only with this pictures, it's ok! I don't wanna steel you to much time.
Pic1
Pic2
Pic3
Pic4

I try the tip with the polarizing filter soon.

Thx
Timmy