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The mantis shrimp Squilla mantis (Crustacea: Stomatopoda: Squillidae)
The mantis shrimp Squilla mantis (Crustacea: Stomatopoda: Squillidae)
Squilla mantis is a species of mantis shrimp chiefly found and fished in the Mediterranean Sea. It grows up to 200 millimetres (8 in) long, and is of the spearer type. It is generally dull brown in colouration, but has two brown eye spots, circled in white, at the base of the telson.