PEACOCK MANTIS SHRIMP Odontodactylus scyllarus
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The body size of this species is up to 18 cm. Mostly they lives in unshaped burrows constructed of small pieces of rubble. The adult males often have bright green color, the females are more commonly olive and the juvenile tend to be yellow. The female mantis shrimp lay there eggs, she put her eggs which is in red color at her outer body. This �eggs cake� is very small from 8-14mm and the amount is about 50.000 attach each other like a small ball. She holds the eggs about 11 weeks and turns them to guarantee a good oxygen supply.
Frequency of sightings:
COMMON
Best time of year:
All year round
Taxonomical order of this critter:
Invertebrate
Crustacean
Malacostraca
Shrimp
- Allopontonia iaini Shrimp
- Amboinensis Crinoid shrimp
- Anemone Shrimp
- Banded Coral shrimp
- Black coral shirmp
- Bubble Coral Shrimp
- Bumblebee Shrimp
- Coleman shrimp
- Crinoid shrimp
- Emperor shrimp
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