Oratosquilla oratoria

Oratosquilla oratoria

Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Subphylum:	Crustacea
Class:	Malacostraca
Order:	Stomatopoda
Family:	Squillidae
Genus:	Oratosquilla
Species:	O. oratoria
Binomial name
*Oratosquilla oratoria* (De Haan, 1844)
Synonyms ^[1]
Squilla oratoria De Haan, 1844

Oratosquilla oratoria is a species of mantis shrimp found in the Western Pacific.^[2] It is widely harvested in Japan where it is known as shako (シャコ, 蝦蛄) and eaten as sushi. Like other members of its order it has a powerful spear, which it uses to hunt invertebrates and small fish. It grows to a length of 185 millimetres (7.3 in), and lives at depths of 10–100 metres (33–328 ft).^[2]

For sale at a Japanese market
Close-up of the telson and uropods

References

↑ WoRMS (2010). "Oratosquilla oratoria (De Haan, 1844)". World Register of Marine Species. Retrieved March 6, 2011.
1 2 "Oratosquilla oratoria (De Haan, 1844) Japanese squillid mantis shrimp". SeaLifeBase. Retrieved March 6, 2011.

Edible crustaceans

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Crayfish	Acocil Astacus astacus Marron Paranephrops Procambarus clarkii Orconectes virilis

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