Stomatopod Books

[Shawn D]

Are there any stomatopod books? If so what is a good one?

 

[gharner]

ive wondered the same thing and i have looked all over the place and i cant locate any. ive found books with chapters about mantises in them but not an entire book. i would be really interested to see if there are any books written on only stomatopods

 

[yankeereefer]

This is a pretty good book, not only for mantis, but other crabs and shrimp as well.

Mantis section includes intro by our beloved Dr. Roy

 

[Shawn D]

gharner, ya and most of those books are just about eradicating mantis. Thanks yankeereefer

 

[Gonodactylus]

Until I hang up my rock hammer and retire to write a book on stomatopods, most of the books that are out there are taxonomic treatments. There are three that are really good, but difficult to find.

Shane Ahyong's "Revision of the Australian Stomatopod Crustacea", Records of the Australian Museum, Supplement 26, 2001 (This is my bible.)

Raymond Manning's StomatopodCrusatcea of the Western Atlantic, University of Miami Press, 1969 (often available on Amazon)

Raymond Manning's Stomatopod Crustacea of Vietnam: The Legacy of Raoul Serene. The Carcinological Society of Japan, Tokyo, 1995 (Spectacular watercolors by Vietnamese artists)

The only book devoted to stomatopod biology is
Enrico Ferrero's edited volume on "The Biology of Stomatopods" published in 1996 by Collana U.Z.I. (ISBN 88-7000-150-4) This is the published papers from the first and only symposium ever devoted solely to stomatopods. It was held in Trieste and at the banquet we enjoyed over 100 lbs of Squilla mantis. I have never seen a used copy available.

Roy

 

[Shawn D]

Dr. Caldwell, you should definitely write a book once you retire and Thanks for the info

 

[Skylark]

I'm not sure if I'm allowed to put a link in here, but Dr Caldwell's "bible" is available online in pdf format here http://austmus.gov.au/publications/record.cfm?uid=C9DA3B7C-9CE5-49E0-AAC010B09C35A4C7

 

[yankeereefer]

I just saved copy -

Now for some "light" reading thanks for finding and posting!

 

[Shawn D]

haha me too, thanks guys