Mantis shrimp / Fangheuschreckenkrebs (Schmetterer)

(Lysiosquilla tredecimdentata)

Mantis shrimp - Fangheuschreckenkrebs

Now this is an animal I wouldn't like to meet, if I were a small crab or fish! It sits all day long in its lair and can kill and pound any small animal into pieces with its powerful hammerlike legs.

The diameter of its lair was about 8 cm.

Lembeh, Indonesia 2005

Nikon Coolpix 5000 in sealux housing and subtronic flash


. Copyright Teresa Zubi