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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)
Illustration of adult Penaeus monodon (Tiger Prawn).
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
Illustration of Grapsus tenuicrustatus (Thin-shelled Rock Crab)
Grapsus tenuicrustatus (Thin-shelled Rock Crab)
Illustration of Panulirus argus (spiny lobster) frontal view.
Panulirus argus (spiny lobster) : frontal view
Illustration of Panulirus argus (Spiny Lobster) puerulus.
Panulirus argus (Spiny Lobster) : puerulus
Illustration of Panulirus argus (spiny lobster) from the side view
Panulirus argus (spiny lobster) : side view
Illustration of G. cruentata (Mangrove Crab)
Goniopsis cruentata (Mangrove Crab)
Illustration of Uca thayeri (Mangrove Fiddler Crab)
Uca thayeri (Mangrove Fiddler Crab)
Illustration of a water flea (D. Pulex)
Daphnia pulex (Water Flea)
Illustration of Calcinus verrilli (Verrilli's Hermit Crab)
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
Illustration of Aratus pisonii (Mangrove Tree Crab)
Aratus pisonii (Mangrove Tree Crab)
Illustration of Callinectes sapidus (Blue Crab) eggs
Callinectes sapidus (Blue Crab) : eggs
Illustration of Menippe mercenaria (Florida Stone Crab)
Menippe mercenaria (Florida Stone Crab)
Illustration of Oithona spp.
Oithona spp
Illustration of Paraclanus spp.
Paraclanus spp
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