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Philippine Mantis Shrimp

Gonodactylaceus falcatus

Photo by SargonR
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Field Notes

Description:

Philippine Mantis Shrimp crawling around on the shallow reef near the entrance to Pearl Harbor (Mamala Bay), Oahu, Hawaii.

Notes:

When I first saw this guy I though he was a severed lobster tail.. but after he crawled in and back out from his hole I realized he was some type of living organism....

Reference Links:

Isopods, Arthropoda, Order Isopoda

Species ID Suggestions

Comments (4)
SargonR
Good reference, from this one it looks to be the right thing.
Jae
I also think it could be a Mantis shrimp. http://www2.bishopmuseum.org/HBS/invertguide/species/gonodactylus_falcatus.htm Maybe this one might fit the description.
SargonR
I was wandering if that may be it, but it seems to lack the front appendages that are on the Mantis Shrimp. It looks very much like the last picture on the link I provided as a reference, but not what that is...

Spotted for Missions

Mission
Global Coral Reef Monitoring
Mission
Underwater Hawai'i
Achilles Tang
O'ahu, Hawai'i

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PublishedJune 6, 2014

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