Odontodactylus
Appearance
Odontodactylus | |
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Odontodactylus scyllarus | |
Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Malacostraca |
Order: | Stomatopoda |
Superfamily: | Gonodactyloidea |
Family: | Odontodactylidae Manning, 1980 |
Genus: | Odontodactylus Bigelow, 1893 |
Type species | |
Cancer scyllarus |
Odontodactylus is a genus of mantis shrimp, the only genus in the family Odontodactylidae.[1] Mantis shrimp of the genus Odontodactylus can not only detect circular polarisation of light, but can also detect polarised light reflecting off their telson and uropods.[2]
The genus Odontodactylus contains the following species:[3]
- Odontodactylus brevirostris (Miers, 1884)
- Odontodactylus cultrifer (White, 1850)
- Odontodactylus hansenii (Pocock, 1893)
- Odontodactylus havanensis (Bigelow, 1893)
- Odontodactylus hawaiiensis Manning, 1967
- Odontodactylus japonicus (de Haan, 1844)
- Odontodactylus latirostris Borradaile, 1907
- Odontodactylus scyllarus (Linnaeus, 1758)
References
[edit]- ^ S. T. Ahyong & J. K. Lowry (September 1, 2001). "Odontodactylidae". Stomatopoda: Families. crustacea.net. Archived from the original on May 3, 2013. Retrieved August 26, 2007.
- ^ Tsyr-Huei Chiou; Sonja Kleinlogel; Tom Cronin; Roy Caldwell; Birte Loeffler; Afsheen Siddiqi; Alan Goldizen & Justin Marshall (2008). "Circular polarization vision in a stomatopod crustacean" (PDF). Current Biology. 18 (6): 429–434. doi:10.1016/j.cub.2008.02.066. PMID 18356053.
- ^ WoRMS (2010). "Odontodactylus Bigelow, 1893". WoRMS. World Register of Marine Species. Retrieved January 8, 2012.