Odontodactylus

Odontodactylus
Odontodactylus scyllarus
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Crustacea
Class: Malacostraca
Order: Stomatopoda
Superfamily: Gonodactyloidea
Family: Odontodactylidae
Manning, 1980
Genus: Odontodactylus
Bigelow, 1893
Type species
Cancer scyllarus
Linnaeus, 1758

Odontodactylus is a genus of mantis shrimp, the only genus in the family Odontodactylidae.[1] Mantis shrimp of the genus Odontodactylus can not only detect circular polarisation of light, but can polarise light reflecting off their telson and uropods.[2]

The genus Odontodactylus contains the following species:[3]

References

  1. S. T. Ahyong & J. K. Lowry (September 1, 2001). "Odontodactylidae". Stomatopoda: Families. crustacea.net.
  2. Tsyr-Huei Chiou; Sonja Kleinlogel; Tom Cronin; Roy Caldwell; Birte Loeffler; Afsheen Siddiqi; Alan Goldizen & Justin Marshall (2008). "Circular polarization vision in a stomatopod crustacean" (PDF). Current Biology. 18 (6): 429–434. doi:10.1016/j.cub.2008.02.066. PMID 18356053.
  3. WoRMS (2010). "Odontodactylus Bigelow, 1893". World Register of Marine Species. Retrieved January 8, 2012.


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