Odontodactylus
| Odontodactylus | |
|---|---|
 | |
| Odontodactylus scyllarus | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Subphylum: | Crustacea |
| Class: | Malacostraca |
| Order: | Stomatopoda |
| Superfamily: | Gonodactyloidea |
| Family: | Odontodactylidae Manning, 1980 |
| Genus: | Odontodactylus Bigelow, 1893 |
| Type species | |
| Cancer scyllarus Linnaeus, 1758 | |
Odontodactylus is a genus of mantis shrimp, the only genus in the family Odontodactylidae.[1] Mantis shrimp of the genus Odontodactylus can not only detect circular polarisation of light, but can polarise light reflecting off their telson and uropods.[2]
The genus Odontodactylus contains the following species:[3]
- Odontodactylus brevirostris (Miers, 1884)
- Odontodactylus cultrifer (White, 1850)
- Odontodactylus hansenii (Pocock, 1893)
- Odontodactylus havanensis (Bigelow, 1893)
- Odontodactylus hawaiiensis Manning, 1967
- Odontodactylus japonicus (de Haan, 1844)
- Odontodactylus latirostris Borradaile, 1907
- Odontodactylus scyllarus (Linnaeus, 1758)
References
- ↑ S. T. Ahyong & J. K. Lowry (September 1, 2001). "Odontodactylidae". Stomatopoda: Families. crustacea.net.
- ↑ Tsyr-Huei Chiou, Sonja Kleinlogel, Tom Cronin, Roy Caldwell, Birte Loeffler, Afsheen Siddiqi, Alan Goldizen, & Justin Marshall (2008). "Circular polarization vision in a stomatopod crustacean" (PDF). Current Biology 18 (6): 429–434. doi:10.1016/j.cub.2008.02.066. PMID 18356053.
- ↑ WoRMS (2010). "Odontodactylus Bigelow, 1893". World Register of Marine Species. Retrieved January 8, 2012.
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