Oratosquilla oratoria (Japanese Mantis Shrimp) { 13 images } Created 12 Oct 2020
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.
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.
