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West Atlantic Mantis Shrimp
Alex Novarro, CC BY 4.0, via iNaturalist

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West Atlantic Mantis Shrimp

Squilla empusa Say, 1818

Names

EnglishWest Atlantic Mantis Shrimp
DutchMantisgarnaal
SpanishCamarón mantis del Atlántico
Chinese—
Scientific nameSquilla empusa Say, 1818

About this species

The West Atlantic Mantis Shrimp (Squilla empusa) is a species of the family Squillidae. It has been recorded in Suriname 23 times (GBIF), between 1953 and 1972.

Classification

KingdomAnimalia
PhylumArthropoda
ClassMalacostraca
OrderStomatopoda
FamilySquillidae
GenusSquilla