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The mantis shrimp is a crustacean with a flattened, segmented body and praying mantis-like claws. It burrows within muddy flats along the shoreline of the middle and lower Chesapeake Bay. Mantis shrimp eat live fish, crabs, worms and shrimp, including other mantis shrimp. They are aggressive, violent predator, using their sharp claws to spear or slice through prey with a quick, slashing motion.
Mantis Shrimp (Squilla empusa)
White fish lay in brown murky water nearby an abandoned shrimp net. In Chilika Lake, active shrimp pens and abandoned nets trap sediment and kill juvenile fish.
Abandoned shrimp nets
White fish in murky green water nearby illegal shrimp pen. In Chilika Lake, active shrimp pens and abandoned nets trap sediment and kill juvenile fish.
Illegal shrimp pens
Illustration of adult Penaeus monodon (Tiger Prawn).
Penaeus monodon (Tiger Prawn) : adult
Conceptual diagram illustrating the microbial food web of the mangrove forest.
Microbial food web of the mangrove forest
Illustration of an Amphipod
Amphipod
Illustration of a prawn shrimp
Prawn shrimp
Illustration of a stomatopod
Stomatopod
Illustration of Mysid spp.
Mysid spp
Illustration of a Callianassa spp. (Burrowing Mud Shrimp)
Callianassa spp. (Burrowing Mud Shrimp)
Illustration of prawn trawler
Prawn trawler

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