Blue Spot Mantis Shrimp
Haptosquilla stoliura
- Group: Shrimp
- For divers: safe
A small reef mantis shrimp marked with bright blue spots, it shelters in tidal pools and among broken coral in shallow nearshore reefs. Like its kin it strikes prey with rapid armoured claws, and it is harmless to divers.
Taxonomy: Animalia › Arthropoda › Malacostraca › Stomatopoda › Protosquillidae › Haptosquilla
Species data via the World Register of Marine Species (WoRMS), AphiaID 408993.
FAQ
- Is the Blue Spot Mantis Shrimp dangerous to divers?
- The Blue Spot Mantis Shrimp is harmless to divers.