Family Odontodactylidae - odontodactylid mantis shrimps
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Malacostraca |
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1 |
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8 |
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Fresh : No |
Brackish : No |
Marine : Yes |
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Body smooth, lacking longitudinal ridges or carinae anterior to terminal abdominal somite (= telson); telson with distinct median longitudinal carina; eyes subglobular, cornea not bilobed; raptorial claw short, with dactylus heavily buttressed, swollen basally. Four species of Odontodactylus occur in Western Central Pacific,, only 1 of which, O. scyllarus, is large and common enough to occasionally be found in markets (Ref. 346). |
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