Oratosquilla oratoria (Japanese Mantis Shrimp) Underwater Photographs of the invasive Japanese Mantis Shrimp in New Zealand by Underwater Photojournalist and Photographer Richard Robinson. Phylum: Arthropoda. Subphylum: Crustacea. Superclass: Multicrustacea. Class: Malacostraca. Subclass: Hoplocarida. Order: Stomatopoda. Suborder: Unipeltata. Superfamily: Squilloidea . Family: Squillidae . Distribution: Oratosquilla oratoria is native to the northwestern Pacific (Korea, Japan, Taiwan, China and Vietnam) where it is a significant commercial species. Invasive Species in New Zealand, almost certainly the result of recent human introduction.

Heterosquilla tricarinata (Mantis Shrimp) Underwater Photographs of the New Zealand’s most common Mantis Shrimp (Heterosquilla tricarinata) by Underwater Photojournalist and Photographer Richard Robinson. Māori Name: Mana. Phylum: Arthropoda. Subphylum: Crustacea. Superclass: Multicrustacea. Class: Malacostraca. Subclass: Hoplocarida. Order: Stomatopoda. Suborder: Unipeltata. Superfamily: Lysiosquilloidea. Family: Tetrasquillidae. Distribution: Endemic to New Zealand.

Pariliacantha georgeorum (Northern Mantis Shrimp) Underwater Photographs of the Northern Mantis Shrimp by Underwater Photojournalist and Photographer Richard Robinson. Phylum: Arthropoda. Subphylum: Crustacea. Superclass: Multicrustacea. Class: Malacostraca. Subclass: Hoplocarida. Order: Stomatopoda. Suborder: Unipeltata. Superfamily: Lysiosquilloidea . Family: Tetrasquillidae. Distribution: Endemic, presently known only the east and west coasts of North Island, New Zealand, as far south as Mana, near Porirua, in the west, and Castlepoint in the east.