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| MANTIS SHRIMP |
Odontodactylus latirostris |
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| In rocky reef and rubble areas where they hide in elaborate burrows. There are many different species of smashing and spearing mantis in the Lembeh strait. Smashing mantises (including the peacock mantis) have small round shaped eyes and feed on hard shelled animals. Spearing mantises (including the giant mantis) have large peanut shaped eyes and feed on soft bodied animals such as fish. These species can be easily distinguished by it’s color patterns especially.At there tail that is colorful. They mostly live in hole in the sand .They can swim very fast especially when finding some food. There body size is not to big just about 8 cm long. | | Frequency of sightings: |
| COMMON | | Best time of year: |
| YEAR-ROUND | | Remarks: |
| 5-60 m depth, body size range from 3 to 28cm, female broods eggs. | | Divesites seen at: |
| Air Prang, Air Prang 2, Air Prang 3, Angel´s Window, Aw Shucks, Batu Angus, Batu Kapal, Batu Merah, Batu Sandar, California Dreaming, Critter Hunt, Dante’s Wall, Goby A´Crab, Hairball 1, Hairball 2, Hairball 3, Heynus, Jahir, Jahir 2, Jiko Yansi, Lembeh Resort House Reef, Madidir, Magic Crack, Magic Rock, Makawide, Makawide 2, Makawide 3, Mawali Wreck, Nudi Falls, Nudi Retreat, Pantai Jiko, Pantai Kecil, Pantai Parigi, Pintu Colada, Pintu Kota Besar (Seagrass), Pintu Kota Kecil, Police Pier, Police Pier 2, Pulau Abadi, Pulau Dua, Pulau Putus, Retak Larry (Larry’s Crack), Serena West, Slow Poke, Tanjung Kubur, Tanjung kusu-kusu, Tanjung Tebal, TK 1, TK2, TK3 |
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