Tags: Crustacean.

Squilla mantis is a species of mantis shrimp found in shallow coastal areas of the Mediterranean Sea and the Eastern Atlantic Ocean. Its abundance has led to it being the only commercially fished mantis shrimp in the Mediterranean.

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binomial authority
Carl Linnaeus, 10th edition of Systema Naturae
class
Malacostraca
family
Squillidae
genus
Squilla
kingdom
Animal
order
Mantis shrimp
phylum
Arthropod, Crustacean
synonym
Cancer mantis (Linnaeus 1758)

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