Odontodactylus
| Odontodactylus | |
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| Odontodactylus scyllarus | |
Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Subphylum: | Crustacea |
| Class: | Malacostraca |
| Order: | Stomatopoda |
| Superfamily: | |
| Family: | Odontodactylidae Manning, 1980 |
| Genus: | Odontodactylus , 1893 |
| Type species | |
| Cancer scyllarus | |
Odontodactylus is a genus of mantis shrimp, the only genus in the family Odontodactylidae.[1] Mantis shrimp of the genus Odontodactylus can not only detect circular polarisation of light, but can also detect polarised light reflecting off their telson and uropods.[2]
The genus Odontodactylus contains the following species:[3]
- (Miers, 1884)
- (White, 1850)
- (Pocock, 1893)
- (Bigelow, 1893)
- Manning, 1967
- (de Haan, 1844)
- Borradaile, 1907
- Odontodactylus scyllarus (Linnaeus, 1758)
References[]
- ^ S. T. Ahyong & J. K. Lowry (September 1, 2001). "Odontodactylidae". Stomatopoda: Families. crustacea.net. Archived from the original on May 3, 2013. Retrieved August 26, 2007.
- ^ Tsyr-Huei Chiou; Sonja Kleinlogel; Tom Cronin; Roy Caldwell; Birte Loeffler; Afsheen Siddiqi; Alan Goldizen & Justin Marshall (2008). "Circular polarization vision in a stomatopod crustacean" (PDF). Current Biology. 18 (6): 429–434. doi:10.1016/j.cub.2008.02.066. PMID 18356053.
- ^ WoRMS (2010). "Odontodactylus Bigelow, 1893". WoRMS. World Register of Marine Species. Retrieved January 8, 2012.
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