Mantis Shrimp
Phylum - Arthropoda
Specie - Decapod
Common name - Stomatopoda
Survival
First is the hammer-like claw which the mantis shrimp uses to bash its prey, defense and for altering its home. This type of claw is like a spring loaded hammer. It releases its spring-loaded hammer-like claw into a snail or crab shell too fast to see and smashes the shell with a loud bang.
The shrimp also uses its club to break rock it will do this as a way of extending its burrow or cave. The speed of the strike (up to 50 mph, or 23 m/s) creates cavitation bubbles between the shrimp's hammer-like club and the struck object
The other is the spikers which it impales fish in a fraction of a second
Location
Facts
Mantis shrimp commonly occupy cavities, crevices and burrows.
They are extremely aggressive in defense of their homes.
Mantis shrimp eat a range of fish and invertebrates.
Mantis shrimp are marine crustaceans.
Mantis shrimp usually mate, spawn, brood and hatch their eggs within their burrow.
They are extremely aggressive in defense of their homes.
Mantis shrimp eat a range of fish and invertebrates.
Mantis shrimp are marine crustaceans.
Mantis shrimp usually mate, spawn, brood and hatch their eggs within their burrow.
Shrim has a bilateral symmetry
The body of shrimp has 2 main parts: the cephalothorax (head and thorax fused together) and the abdomen
The body of shrimp has 2 main parts: the cephalothorax (head and thorax fused together) and the abdomen
Vocab
Exoskeleton-composed of chitin and secreted by the underlying layer of tissue
molt-shed their exoskeleton
cirri-feather filter appendages
carapace-covers the anterior portion of some crustaceans
maxillipeds - food sorting appendages of some crustaceans
molt-shed their exoskeleton
cirri-feather filter appendages
carapace-covers the anterior portion of some crustaceans
maxillipeds - food sorting appendages of some crustaceans