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	Chesapeake Bay Program - Mantis Shrimp
		The mantis shrimp is properly neither a shrimp nor a terrestrial "mantis," but bears characteristics common to both.
		The common mantis shrimp usually inhabits the middle- to high-salinity waters of the lower Bay, and grows to a length of 8 to 10 inches.
		Often called the "shrimp snapper" by watermen and respected for the swift slashing of its claws, which can slice a shrimp or fish in two (and lacerate a hand), the mantis shrimp is also edible and has a reputation for being very tasty.
	www.chesapeakebay.net /info/mantis_shrimp.cfm (490 words)

	Mantis shrimp - colourful and aggressive
		Mantis shrimps support large fisheries in many parts of the world but they are susceptible to overfishing and habitat loss.
		Mantis shrimps can live in burrows and crevices on coral reefs, or on the seabed down to a depth of 1500 metres.
		Mantis shrimps are also sensitive to environmental pollutants and are good bioindicators of pollution on coral reefs.
	www.austmus.gov.au /factsheets/mantis_shrimp.htm (384 words)

	Mantis shrimp - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Mantis shrimp are marine crustaceans belonging to the order Stomatopoda, one part of the class Malacostraca, the largest class of crustaceans.
		They are neither shrimps nor mantids, but receive their name purely from the physical resemblance to both the terrestrial praying mantis and the shrimp.
		Mantis shrimp appear to be highly intelligent, are long-lived and exhibit complex behaviour, such as ritualised fighting.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Mantis_shrimp (1979 words)

	Mantis Shrimp
		Mantis Shrimp have been in existence for 135 million years and have been named as “spearers and smashers” or “weapons shrimp.” They are all highly specialized and skilled carnivores making underwater attacks with enormous force measured at over 30 feet per second.
		Mantis Shrimp have a rather small shell (carapace) and utilize their first pair of claws to grip food and, the third and fifth pair of legs to shred it.
		This species of Mantis Shrimp, Hemisquilla ensigera californiensis, is characterized by the absence of teeth on the raptorial claw, brightly colored, purple to lavender uropods, and the four uniform length denticles at the end of the carapace.
	www.mexfish.com /fish/mshrimp/mshrimp.htm (595 words)

	04.21.2004 - Mantis shrimp may have swiftest kick in the animal kingdom
		The punch from the shrimp's leg was filmed at 5,000 frames per second and is slowed down by a factor of 883.
		Mantis shrimp are distant relatives of the shrimp and lobster, common around the world and major invertebrate predators around coral reefs.
		The shrimp's speed and acceleration were thought to be created solely by a click mechanism: the shrimp cocks and latches its appendage, the muscles contract, and when the latch is released, the energy stored in the muscles is released in a swift kick.
	www.berkeley.edu /news/media/releases/2004/04/21_shrimp.shtml (1242 words)

	X-Entertainment: The Mantis Shrimp
		A mantis shrimp's eyes are the stuff of legend, the kind of sight modules typically seen on 50s horror posters promoting terrible killer alien movies.
		Mantis shrimp are solitary creatures, who dig intricate burrows and spend most of their time hiding within them.
		The mantis shrimp is no exception - those in the unenviable position of having to remove one of these guys from a tank might find themselves pretty frustrated after the thirtieth failed attempt.
	www.x-entertainment.com /articles/0723 (1698 words)

	RISAA Affiliate [Save The Bay - Educational Series - Mantis Shrimp]
		Retractable spines on the tail serve to anchor the mantis shrimp in its burrow.
		Mantis shrimp are nocturnal, feeding on snails, shrimp, crabs and fish.
		These shrimp are considered something of a nuisance by commercial fishers, because one quick snip with their claw can cut a shrimp or fish in two.
	www.risaa.org /savethebay/mantis_shrimp.html (407 words)

	OZ REEF - Mantis Shrimp
		Mantis shrimp are long, shrimp like crustaceans with sharp spines on the tail, two well developed eyes on short stalks, and long claws the fold neatly out of sight under the head.
		Mantis shrimp are an awe-inspiring predator, being highly skilled and well developed for the role as a high level predator.
		Mantis shrimp have a body that is dorsoventrally flattened with a small, shield like carapace and a large, broad, segmented abdomen.
	ozreef.org /library/articles/mantis_shrimp.html (3077 words)

	SHRIMP IN SOUTH CAROLINA
		Brown and pink shrimps have grooves along the upper midline of the head and the upper midline of the lower region of the abdomen.
		The spawning season for white shrimp during spring is obvious by the large catches of mature shrimp by the commercial fleet.
		Shrimp have been known to do well, however, in water that was near 100 percent sea water (such as in Murrell's Inlet) or in 10 percent sea water (such as in the Cooper River near Charleston).
	www.dnr.sc.gov /marine/pub/seascience/shrimp.html (3714 words)

	mantis shrimp - HighBeam Encyclopedia
		mantis shrimp marine crustacean characterized by a pair of enlarged appendages, called maxillipeds, that form powerful claws for seizing prey.
		Mantis shrimps are an important sea food outside the Western Hemisphere.
		Mantis shrimps are grouped in the phylum Arthropoda, subphylum Crustacea, class Malacostraca.
	www.encyclopedia.com /doc/1E1-mantissh.html (259 words)

	Harun Yahya - The Mantis Shrimp's Deadly Kicking Mechanism
		Mantis shrimps (Stomatopods) are known for the feeding tubes they use to break the shells of their prey and the way they kick as fast as bullets.
		Mantis shrimp are predatory crustaceans that live in shallow regions of tropical and subtropical seas.
		In a similar way, the fact that the seat of the mantis shrimp spring mechanism is saddle shaped prevents collapse by reducing the effect of the forces arising during compressing and extending.
	www.harunyahya.com /articles/science_news/15_mantis_shrimp.php (1114 words)

	Duke Magazine-What is a Mantis Shrimp?-Mar/Apr 2002
		antis shrimp are predatory marine crustaceans that live in the shallow waters of tropical and subtropical seas.
		Mantis shrimp have evolved an elaborate visual system that allows them to flourish in the well-lit tropical waters they inhabit.
		Mantis shrimp are also capable of monocular stereopsis, or the ability to percieve depth with a single eye.
	www.dukemagazine.duke.edu /dukemag/issues/030402/age-mantis.html (232 words)

	11.14.2003 - Mantis shrimp fluoresce to enhance signaling in the dim ocean depths
		BERKELEY – The tropical mantis shrimp has the most sophisticated eyes of any creature on the planet, yet it often lives at murky depths where the only light is a filtered, dim blue.
		The shrimps' characteristic spots are easy to see in shallow water but only dimly visible 40 meters (131 feet) down, so on the ocean floor the crustacean's spots fluoresce yellow-green to enhance their prominence in the dim blue light.
		Mantis shrimp spear or club their prey and have been known to break aquarium glass with their heavy, calcified clubs.
	www.berkeley.edu /news/media/releases/2003/11/14_shrimp.shtml (1287 words)

	Who You Callin' "Shrimp"? - National Wildlife Magazine
		With the eyes of an eagle and the punch of a heavyweight champ, the tropical mantis shrimp is the toughest hombre on the coral reef
		Mantis shrimp are munchkin tyrannosaurs, extremely aggressive predators that use specially adapted claws to spear and smash small fish, snails, crabs—and occasionally one another.
		Marshall believes that for a mantis shrimp, polarized vision may be as rich a sensory experience as color vision.
	www.nwf.org /nationalwildlife/article.cfm?issueID=77&articleID=1114 (1263 words)

	~ Stomatopods 101 - Basic Care of Mantis Shrimp - Frag Reef Aquarists Guild LLC (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-27)
		Most hitchhiker mantis shrimp such as Neogonodactylus Wennerae of Florida and others don’t grow larger than 3.5 inches, so a 5-gallon tank or larger is usually a good balance between swim space and not too large a tank that it’s under stocked.
		O. Scyllarus or Peacock Mantis Shrimp can reach 8 inches and possibly deliver the strongest strike of all stomatopods, so in their case a 10-gallon or larger acrylic tank is a good choice.
		Mantis shrimp can be kept easily in modest lighting, and should always have a dark den available for health of their exoskeleton.
	www.fragexchange.com /forums/showthread.php?s=&threadid=1878 (1475 words)

	Aquarists pray for no mantis shrimp
		These nocturnal shrimp get their name from the praying mantis insect, which folds its front claws under its body in an attitude of prayer.
		Mantis shrimp don't carry venom, and the occasional wounds they cause are usually minor.
		Mantis shrimp have stalked, moveable eyes, and some bear exquisite colors, like the well-named peacock mantis.
	www.susanscott.net /OceanWatch2000/nov13-00.html (566 words)

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		More importantly, some LFS and their suppliers sell mantis shrimps that are not Odontodactylus scyllarus as "clown mantis shrimps." These smashers, which admittedly are quite colorful, again look to be Gonodactylus or a close relative (in my case, a mantis shrimp of the closely-related genus Gonodactylaceus).
		They are called a "Mantis" Shrimp due to the fact they resemble the appearance and have the same hunting characteristics of a praying mantis insect.
		Mantis Shrimp are nocturnal feeders so they are best caught out in the open at night in a dark tank.
	www.togar.de /English/aqua/mantis_shrimp.htm (1145 words)

	beware - mantis shrimp
		Since we don't see these mantis shrimp, we were all very excited when a local hobbyist brought us a mantis shrimp that he had found in his tank.
		Small mantis shrimps embed themselves in rock, and that is how they get into reef tanks: some unsuspecting hobbyist buys live rock and ends up with a monster.
		In a full-grown mantis shrimp, those claws are entirely capable of delivering a nasty wound to an aquarist who sticks his or her hand in the wrong hole.
	www.garf.org /trever/MANTIS/MANTIS.html (748 words)

	Large shrimp thriving in Ala Wai Canal muck - The Honolulu Advertiser - Hawaii's Newspaper
		Mantis Shrimp are growing even larger than normal in the Ala Wai Canal's muck.
		Health experts are not sure what is causing Mantis Shrimp found in the muck of the Ala Wai Canal to grow larger than their normal size, but one thing is clear, they say: You shouldn't eat anything out of the canal.
		Mantis Shrimp are crustaceans that live in shallow waters and normally grow to about a foot long.
	the.honoluluadvertiser.com /article/2003/Feb/14/ln/ln01a.html (693 words)

	Mantis Shrimp Destroys World; Film at 11.. by Scott Chevalier - Reefkeeping.com
		Then again, after months of reading the mantis shrimp forum on Reef Central (which you'd think would be about mantis shrimp-keeping, not mantis shrimp-extermination), various posts on other message boards and dealing with customers' questions while working part-time in a local fish store, I wouldn't be surprised at all by any of those headlines.
		At the root of this prejudice against mantis shrimp is the wrongly held belief that the shrimp, also known as stomatopods, are evil.
		At the same time if the mantis shrimp feels even slightly under-prepared for the encounter it may display, but will ultimately run away and hide or, in certain cases, stay bold for too long and lose an eye.
	www.reefkeeping.com /issues/2004-12/nftt/index.php (1459 words)

	Teeny-Tiny Predator / Vicious shrimp gorging on aquarium's critters
		Aquarists despise mantis shrimp -- cousins to the crustaceans served with cocktail sauce -- because of their huge appetites and lousy dispositions.
		But even small mantis shrimp are called "thumb- splitters" because of their ability to do just that.
		Cripe is sure the other mantis shrimp is still alive, because he is still cleaning shell fragments out of the tank.
	www.sfgate.com /cgi-bin/article.cgi?file=/chronicle/archive/2001/01/04/MN112063.DTL (873 words)

	USATODAY.com - Shrimp spring into shattering action (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-27)
		The mantis shrimp (who isn't a shrimp) releases her spring-loaded hammer-like claw; it flashes forward — too fast to see — in an underhand blow that smashes the snail's shell with a loud bang.
		Mantis shrimp have evolved a special saddle-shaped spring that, due to its shape, can distribute huge loads over its surface without buckling or failing.
		When mantis shrimp dig on the seafloor and run into an obstacle, they strike it to try to break it and remove the obstacle, says Caldwell.
	www.usatoday.com /tech/columnist/aprilholladay/2006-01-09-shrimp_x.htm (826 words)

	Mantis Shrimp (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-27)
		Of the 350 known species of mantis shrimps only two are found in British waters.
		Mantis shrimps are aggressive marine crustaceans known as Stomatopods (which means ‘mouth foot’).
		They are seldom seen because of their retiring habit of living in burrows in the sea bed or in rock cavities.
	www.medinavalleycentre.org.uk /mantis_shrimp.htm (510 words)

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		I also have a 5.5 gallon tank wich is the home of a small 2 inch mantis shrimp of the florida variety.
		Mantis shrimp are very hardy and make interesting pets.
		The shrimp also spends more time in view now, and its stalked eyes will follow movement in the vicinity of the tank.
	www.thekrib.com /Marine/mantis.html (1013 words)

	AquariumFish.com :: Aquarium Fish Magazine :: The monthly magazine for both novice and expert aquarium hobbyists.
		The peacock mantis, Odontodactylus scyllarus, belongs to the subphylum Crustacea, along with barnacles, copepods, isopods, ostracods, opossum shrimp, crabs, shrimp and lobsters.
		Although they are refereed to as "shrimp," they are not closely related to the shrimp we often keep, and are, in fact, in an entirely different order.
		When the peacock mantis shrimp does this, it displays the colorful eye-spots on its tail, which may scare off predators or allow another species of mantis shrimp to recognize it is a different species.
	www.aquariumfish.com /aquariumfish/detail.aspx?aid=1907&cid=3790&search= (1258 words)

	ScienceDaily: Mantis Shrimp May Have Swiftest Kick In The Animal Kingdom
		The shrimp flail their club-shaped front leg at peak speeds of 23 meters per second to shatter the hard shells of their prey.
		Mantis shrimp are distant relatives of the shrimp and lobster, common around the world and major invertebrate predators around coral reefs.
		The shrimp's speed and acceleration were thought to be created solely by a click mechanism: the shrimp cocks and latches its appendage, the muscles contract, and when the latch is released, the energy stored in the muscles is released in a swift kick.
	www.sciencedaily.com /releases/2004/04/040421233921.htm (1611 words)

	Mantis shrimp fluorescence
		Mantis shrimp are stomatopod crustaceans that live in tropical and subtropical seas.
		I settled in to film it, and was lucky to capture a detailed sequence of the mantis shrimp spearing a fish (see video).
		Tom is an expert in mantis shrimp vision, and he was excited about the possible significance of the fluorescent spots.
	www.nightsea.com /mantis.htm (565 words)

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