Chorisquilla tuberculata Mantis Shrimp

Chorisquilla tuberculata is commonly referred to as Mantis Shrimp. Difficulty in the aquarium: Average.

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lexID:

1743 

AphiaID:

408979 

Scientific:

Chorisquilla tuberculata 

German:

Fangschreckenkrebs 

English:

Mantis Shrimp 

Category:

Mantis shrimp 

Family tree:

Animalia (Kingdom) > Arthropoda (Phylum) > Malacostraca (Class) > Stomatopoda (Order) > Protosquillidae (Family) > Chorisquilla (Genus) > tuberculata (Species) 

Initial determination:

(Borradaile, ), 1907 

Occurrence:

French Polynesia, Indo Pacific, New Caledonia 

Size:

up to 0.98" (2.5 cm) 

Temperature:

73.4 °F - 84.2 °F (23°C - 29°C) 

Food:

Crabs, Frozen Food (large sort) 

Difficulty:

Average 

CITES:

Not evaluated 

Related species at
Catalog of Life:

• Chorisquilla brooksii
• Chorisquilla pococki
• Chorisquilla spinosissima

 

More related species
in this lexicon:

• 
  Chorisquilla tuberculata
  Fangschreckenkrebs

 

Author:

Meerwasser-Lexikon Team

Publisher:

Meerwasser-Lexikon.de

Created:

2005-11-19 16:53:06 

Last edit:

2005-11-19 16:53:47 

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