Sunday Sketch: California Mantis Shrimp

The California mantis shrimp, despite its name, isn’t a true shrimp. Using their antennal scale, it communicates with other mantis shrimp.

[Edited by Nicole Rodrigues]

Reference:

Burrows, M. The mechanics and neural control of the prey capture strike in the mantid shrimps Squilla and Hemisquilla . Z. Vergl. Physiol. 62, 361–381 (1969). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00299261

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