Dec 20, 2012 #1 J Joe-y New Member View Badges Joined Dec 20, 2012 Messages 5 Reaction score 0 Location Austin, TX Rating - 0% 0 0 0 Does any one know the name of this mantis shirmp? Attachments gallery_2206_457_468330.jpg 84.6 KB · Views: 156
Dec 20, 2012 #2 Davesgt Happy Happy Happy View Badges Excellence Award Reef Squad Emeritus Joined Jun 10, 2012 Messages 2,369 Reaction score 619 Location Kingsport, TN Rating - 0% 0 0 0 looks like a peacock
Dec 20, 2012 #3 ritter6788 Coral Fraud Private Eye View Badges Excellence Award Reef Of The Month Photo of the Month Moderator Emeritus My Aquarium Showcase Joined Jun 4, 2011 Messages 24,469 Reaction score 2,686 Location Marshall, TX Rating - 0% 0 0 0 See if you can get a look at the meral spots (the colored spots on the striking appendages). That will help ID it better. Also if you know where it came from that would help also. Have you seen Roy's List? Roy's List of Stomatopods for the Aquarium Peacock is a generic term usually used to describe O. scyllarus and yours is definitely not that. Possibly G. chiragra.
See if you can get a look at the meral spots (the colored spots on the striking appendages). That will help ID it better. Also if you know where it came from that would help also. Have you seen Roy's List? Roy's List of Stomatopods for the Aquarium Peacock is a generic term usually used to describe O. scyllarus and yours is definitely not that. Possibly G. chiragra.
Dec 23, 2012 #4 OP OP J Joe-y New Member View Badges Joined Dec 20, 2012 Messages 5 Reaction score 0 Location Austin, TX Rating - 0% 0 0 0 ill check it out and ill post another pix of it
Dec 23, 2012 #5 NanaReefer 5000 Club Member View Badges Joined Sep 9, 2011 Messages 7,212 Reaction score 1,674 Location Upper Peninsula of Michigan Rating - 0% 0 0 0 Bob? George? Hebert?