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Lysiosquillidae

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Family of crustaceans

Lysiosquillidae
Lysiosquillina maculata, with an eel in the background.
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Malacostraca
Order: Stomatopoda
Superfamily: Lysiosquilloidea
Family: Lysiosquillidae
Giesbrecht, 1910
Genera

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The Lysiosquillidae or banded mantis shrimps are a family of mantis shrimp, comprising some of the largest known mantis shrimp species. The most common and best known species is Lysiosquillina maculata, the zebra mantis shrimp.

Natural history

Like all mantis shrimps, banded mantis shrimps dig burrows in the sea floor. Banded mantis shrimp burrows are relatively deep, descending vertically into soft substrate. Unlike other clades, however, they rarely leave their burrows, preferring to ambush their prey from the safety of their homes.

Genera

Interactions with humans

If banded mantis shrimp leave their burrows, they may be at risk to be caught by artisnal fishers, trawls, or night lights.

References

  1. ^ Shane T. Ahyong; Chia-Wei Lin (2022-01-01). "Phylogenetic Appraisal of Lysiosquillidae Giesbrecht, 1910, and a New Species of Lysiosquilloides Manning, 1977, from Taiwan (Crustacea: Stomatopoda: Lysiosquilloidea)". Zoological Studies. 無 (61): e12. doi:10.6620/ZS.2022.61-12. PMC 9579857. PMID 36330032.
  2. ^ Manning, R.B. (1998). The Living Marine Resources of the Western Central Pacific Volume 2: Cephalopods, crustaceans, holothurians and sharks / Stomatopods. Rome: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. pp. 829, 830, 835–837. ISBN 92-5-104052-4.
  3. B., Manning, Raymond (1978). Synopses of the Indo-West-Pacific species of Lysiosquilla Dana, 1852 (Crustacea:Stomatopoda:Lysiosquillidae). Smithsonian Institution. OCLC 1123771229.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)
Taxon identifiers
Lysiosquillidae


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