Squilla mantis | |
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Squilla mantis | |
Scientific classification ![]() | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Malacostraca |
Order: | Stomatopoda |
Family: | Squillidae |
Genus: | Squilla |
Species: | S. mantis
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Binomial name | |
Squilla mantis | |
Synonyms [1] | |
Cancer mantis Linnaeus, 1758 |
Squilla mantis is a species of mantis shrimp found in shallow coastal areas of the Mediterranean Sea and the Eastern Atlantic Ocean: it is also known as "pacchero" or "canocchia". Its abundance has led to it being the only commercially fished mantis shrimp in the Mediterranean.