What mantis is this?

[Reaper]

Someone is bringing me a mantis shrimp tonight and sent me this pic of it.

Any ideas?

 

[Reaper]

I have him now Do you need a clearer piccy? Could his plain colouration change seeing as he's just a baby?

 

[Absint Reefer]

I don't know but you may try
www.blueboard.com/mantis

 

[Reaper]

Thanks for the link,

I couldn't get a positive ID from it. Can anyone hazard a guess?

 

[Jacob D]

The telson and markings look like G. chiragra or G. viridis to me... but I'm not very knowledgable in this arena.

 

[Gonodactylus]

This is a gonodactylid, but I can't tell the species from the photo. Do you know 1) where it came from and 2) what color the meral spots are?

THe coloration is not going to change much excpet possibly in response to lighting and substrate. It is not G. chiragra.

Roy