Lysiosquillidae
Lysiosquillina maculata, with an eel in the background.
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Malacostraca
Order: Stomatopoda
Superfamily: Lysiosquilloidea
Family: Lysiosquillidae
Giesbrecht, 1910
Genera

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The Lysiosquillidae or banded mantis shrimps are a family of mantis shrimp, comprising some of the largest known mantis shrimp species.[1][2] The most common and best known species is Lysiosquillina maculata, the zebra mantis shrimp.[3]

Natural history

Like all mantis shrimps, banded mantis shrimps dig burrows in the sea floor.[2] Banded mantis shrimp burrows are relatively deep, descending vertically into soft substrate.[1] Unlike other clades, however, they rarely leave their burrows, preferring to ambush their prey from the safety of their homes.[2][1]

Genera

Interactions with humans

If banded mantis shrimp leave their burrows, they may be at risk to be caught by artisnal fishers, trawls, or night lights.[2]

References

Wikispecies has information related to Lysiosquillidae.
  1. 1 2 3 Shane T. Ahyong; Chia-Wei Lin (2022-01-01). "Phylogenetic Appraisal of Lysiosquillidae Giesbrecht, 1910, and a New Species of Lysiosquilloides Manning, 1977, from Taiwan (Crustacea: Stomatopoda: Lysiosquilloidea)". Zoological Studies. 無 (61): e12. doi:10.6620/ZS.2022.61-12. PMC 9579857. PMID 36330032.
  2. 1 2 3 4 Manning, R.B. (1998). The Living Marine Resources of the Western Central Pacific Volume 2: Cephalopods, crustaceans, holothurians and sharks / Stomatopods. Rome: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. pp. 829, 830, 835–837. ISBN 92-5-104052-4.
  3. ↑ B., Manning, Raymond (1978). Synopses of the Indo-West-Pacific species of Lysiosquilla Dana, 1852 (Crustacea:Stomatopoda:Lysiosquillidae). Smithsonian Institution. OCLC 1123771229.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)


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