kezza Posted July 3, 2022 Share Posted July 3, 2022 Found this washed up at the beach (still alive and now back in water) and was interested to find out what it is. 1 Quote Link to comment
seabass Posted July 3, 2022 Share Posted July 3, 2022 The first pic looks like this. The second, a little more like a mantis. 8 Quote Link to comment
patback Posted July 3, 2022 Share Posted July 3, 2022 Definitly a mantis but I'm not sure of which species. 2 2 Quote Link to comment
Tired Posted July 4, 2022 Share Posted July 4, 2022 Oo, nice, a mantis shrimp! Ghost shrimp (the burrowing kind, not the dozen-odd transparent regular shrimp) look similar, but the little stabby claws give it away. Maybe the poor lil thing got snagged and dropped by a bird? Normally they don't just hang out on the sand. Quote Link to comment
Ratvan Posted July 5, 2022 Share Posted July 5, 2022 Impressive find, where in the world are you? You maybe able to narrow it down using the link below https://ucmp.berkeley.edu/arthropoda/crustacea/malacostraca/eumalacostraca/royslist/ Quote Link to comment
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