Squilla mantis Spottail Mantis Shrimp, Long Bodied Crab

Squilla mantis is commonly referred to as Spottail Mantis Shrimp, Long Bodied Crab. Difficulty in the aquarium: There are no reports available yet that this animal has already been kept in captivity successfully. Toxicity: Toxic hazard unknown.

Profile

lexID:

7663 

AphiaID:

136137 

Scientific:

Squilla mantis 

German:

Fangschreckenkrebs 

English:

Spottail Mantis Shrimp, Long Bodied Crab 

Category:

Bönsyrseräkor 

Family tree:

Animalia (Kingdom) > Arthropoda (Phylum) > Malacostraca (Class) > Stomatopoda (Order) > Squillidae (Family) > Squilla (Genus) > mantis (Species) 

Initial determination:

(Linnaeus, ), 1758 

Occurrence:

Straße von Gibraltar, Benin, Ghana, Tunesien, West Sahara, Adriatic Sea (Mediterranean), Algeria, Angola, Cameroon, East-Atlantic Ocean, Egypt, Equatorial Guinea, Israel, Morocco, Nigeria, Northern Africa, Portugal, Red Sea, Senegal, Sierra Leone, Spain, The Aegan Sea (Mediterranean), The Gulf of Guinea, the Ivory Coast, the Mediterranean Sea, Togo, West Africa 

Sea depth:

20 - 367 Meter 

Size:

7.87" - 15.75" (20cm - 40cm) 

Temperature:

°F - 78.8 °F (°C - 26°C) 

Food:

Crustaceans, Fish (little fishes), Fish larvae, Invertebrates, Predatory, Schrimps, Worms, Zoobenthos 

Difficulty:

There are no reports available yet that this animal has already been kept in captivity successfully 

Offspring:

Not available as offspring 

Toxicity:

Toxic hazard unknown 

CITES:

Not evaluated 

Red List:

Not evaluated (NE) 

Related species at
Catalog of Life:

• Squilla brasiliensis
• Squilla chydaea
• Squilla deceptrix
• Squilla edentata
• Squilla empusa
• Squilla grenadensis
• Squilla intermedia
• Squilla lijdingi
• 
  Squilla mantis
  Fangschreckenkrebs
• Squilla rugosa

 

Author:

Meerwasser-Lexikon Team

Publisher:

Meerwasser-Lexikon.de

Created:

2014-11-02 18:36:44 

Last edit:

2020-11-18 19:09:15 

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