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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)

Penaeus monodon (Tiger Prawn) : adult

This beach at Los Ayala is very popular with Mexican tourists who come to enjoy Semana Santa week (Easter) at this Mexican resort town. Many vendors turn out and sell local produce and seafood such as these grilled shrimp and fish. — Grilled fish and shrimp for sale

Conceptual diagram illustrating the spawning migration of a female lobster tagged on a patch reef. This bird's eye view shows that she traveled to the fore reef and returned to her den 4 days later (Scale is approximate). — Female lobster spawning migration

Conceptual diagram illustrating the life cycle of the Caribbean spiny lobster. — Life cycle of the Caribbean spiny lobster

Conceptual diagram illustrating nighttime foraging by lobsters. Lobsters are most active at night, leaving their den to look for food. — Lobster nighttime foraging

Two Ghost Crabs on the beaches of Cape Charles, VA — Ocypode (Ghost Crab)

Egg case found on the beaches of Assateague Island, Maryland — Skate egg case

David holds a frothing blue crab found in a ghost crab pot. — David caught a frothing crab

Grapsus tenuicrustatus (Thin-shelled Rock Crab)

Panulirus argus (spiny lobster) : frontal view

Panulirus argus (Spiny Lobster) : puerulus

Panulirus argus (spiny lobster) : side view

Goniopsis cruentata (Mangrove Crab)

Uca thayeri (Mangrove Fiddler Crab)

Daphnia pulex (Water Flea)

Calcinus verrilli (Verrilli's Hermit Crab)

Conceptual diagram illustrating the complex processes in which a blue crab molts, mates, migrates, and develops eggs in the Maryland Coastal Bays. — Life cycle of the blue crab

Aratus pisonii (Mangrove Tree Crab)

Callinectes sapidus (Blue Crab) : eggs

Menippe mercenaria (Florida Stone Crab)

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