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Mantis shrimps, or stomatopods, are marine crustaceans Some species have specialised "clubs" that can strike with great power, while others have sharp forelimbs used to capture prey. Mantis shrimps typically grow to around 10 cm in length. A few can reach up to 38 cm. The largest mantis shrimp ever caught had a length of 46 cm (18 in); it was caught in the Indian River in the United States. A mantis shrimp has a bony, thick shell that covers crustaceans and some other species it covers only the rear part of the head and the first four segments of the thorax.

with more than 450 species of mantis shrimps being known. They are among the most important predators in many shallow, tropical and subtropical marine habitats. However, despite being common, they are poorly understood, as many species spend most of their lives tucked away in burrows and holes.

These aggressive and typically solitary sea creatures spend most of their time hiding in rock formations or burrowing in passageways in the sea bed. They rarely exit their homes except to feed and relocate, and can be active during the day, or active primarily at twilight, depending on the species. Unlike most crustaceans, they sometimes hunt, chase, and kill prey. Although some live in temperate seas, most species live in tropical and subtropical waters in the Indian and Pacific Oceans between eastern Africa and Hawaii.


Mantis shrimp live in burrows where they spend the majority of their time. The two different categories of mantis shrimp – spearing and smashing – favor different locations for burrowing.

The spearing species build their habitat in soft sediments and the smashing species make burrows in hard coral cavities.

Burrows and coral cavities are also used as sites for mating and for keeping their eggs safe.


The eyes of the mantis shrimp are mounted on mobile stalks and can move independently of each other. They are thought to have the most complex eyes in the animal kingdom and have the most complex visual system ever discovered. Compared to the three types of photoreceptor cells that humans possess in their eyes, the eyes of a mantis shrimp have between 12 and 16 types of photoreceptors cells. Furthermore, some of these shrimp can tune the sensitivity of their long-wavelength colour vision to adapt to their environment.