Stomatopods are shallow-water crustaceans that employ powerful dactyl appendages to hunt their prey. Deployed at high velocities, these hammer-like clubs or spear-like devices are able to inflict ...

The mantis shrimp has twelve different photoreceptors. Eight of these cover the parts of the spectrum that we can see, while four cover the ultraviolet region. That seems like a ludicrous excess ...

Also known as stomatopods, mantis shrimp are large and particularly violent marine crustaceans that aren't actually a kind of shrimp but look something like one. Marshall describes circular ...

These are the stomatopods, some 550 known species of mantis shrimp that range from less than an inch long to well over a foot. They’re feisty, beautifully complex creatures that strike so ...

(Neither, of course, are they mantises.) They're stomatopods, distant relatives to crabs, shrimp, and lobsters. 3. There are hundreds of species of mantis shrimp. Mantis shrimp come in a variety ...

Mantis shrimp, which are also called stomatopods, are aggressive crustaceans known for killing their prey using a predatory strike that is among the fastest known animal movements. Stomatopods are ...

Mantis shrimp, which are also called stomatopods, are aggressive crustaceans known for killing their prey using a predatory strike that is among the fastest known animal movements. Stomatopods are ...

[See Photos of the Alien-Like Shrimp Caught Off Florida] Stomatopods are easily identified by their prominent claws, which, depending on the species, they use to either stab or smash prey ...

They can be found along coastal shores, usually living in an abandoned burrow, sometimes U-shaped, and can move in and out to capture nearby prey when spotted. The fast and vicious stomatopods can ...

Although not even a true shrimp species, mantis shrimp, or stomatopods, are distant relatives of crabs, lobsters and shrimp. They get their name because this carnivorous marine crustacean ...