Stomatopoda Malacostraca Crustacea Arthropoda Animalia Flora and Fauna

Stomatopods are predatory crustaceans that live in the shallow waters of tropical and subtropical seas and are known as the mantis shrimps. The carapace covers only the rear part of the head and the first three segments of the thorax. They are armed with a powerful pair of appendages topped with barbed tips, used to stab and snag prey and some have a blunt, calcified club on the elbow. They often attack prey larger than themselves.

• Mantis Shrimp - Information from Wikipedia on this marine crustacean, its ecology, classification, remarkable eyes and behavior.
  
• San Francisco Chronicle: Tiny Predator Gorging on Aquarium Critters - News article about mantis shrimps in the Monterey Bay Aquarium in January 2001. This is the article that started a worldwide spotlight on the mantis shrimps.
  
• Rissoides desmaresti - Photograph and information on this mantis shrimp.
  
• Museum of Victoria: Stomatopod Biology - Summary page with descriptions of the biology, anatomy, reproduction, and distribution of stomatopods.
  
• About.com: Mantis Shrimp - Pet or Pest? - About.com's entertaining look at mantis shrimps from the perspective of reef aquarists and pet owners. In About.com's Saltwater Aquarium Guide.
  
• Reef Central Message Board - Mantis Shrimp - Bulletin board dedicated to discussions on mantis shrimps as pets. Moderated by Moviegeek.
  
• Image Quest 3-D: Mantis Shrimp larva - Detailed pictures of mantis shrimp larvae from earliest stages to late larval stage. Also photographs of several adult species of stomatopods.
  
• Oz Reef Marine Park Review of Mantis Shrimps - Summary page containing information about mantis shrimps, with an emphasis on its status as a pest in aquaria.
  
• The Lurker's Guide to Stomatopods (Mantis Shrimp) - A guide to mantis shrimps (stomatopods). Includes image galleries, articles on their biology and taxonomy, and how-to notes for reef aquarists.
  
  

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