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Lysiosquilla scabricauda (Lamarck, 1818) - scaly-tailed mantis shrimp at a small patch reef.

This is a mantis shrimp (stomatopod). They're famous for having claws that are used to strike at prey extremely quickly. They also have the # 1 most complex eyes in Kingdom Animalia, which allow them to see standard colors, ultraviolet light, polarized light, and allow them to engage in trinocular depth perception. Mantis shrimp can even detect the presence of cancer (York et al., 2014).

Classification: Animalia, Arthropoda, Crustacea, Malacostraca, Hoplocarida, Stomatopoda, Lysiosquillidae

Locality: small patch reef west of North Point Peninsula, eastern Graham's Harbour, northeastern San Salvador Island, eastern Bahamas

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York et al. (2014) - Analysis at the focal plane emulates nature's method in sensors to image and diagnose with polarized light. Proceedings of the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers 102: 1450-1469.
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Author James St. John

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