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Common name: Caribbean Rock Mantis Shrimp, split-thumb Functional type: Smasher Range: Southern Caribbean Habitat: Reef flats, grass flats, mangroves (almost any shallow water where there are cavities) Depth: Low intertidal to 3 m (often found on exposed reef and grass flats) Home: Cavities in coralline algae, coral rubble, live coral (even found in cavities in nuts, sponges, gastropod shells and urchin tests) Diet: Generalist; small crustaceans, gastropods Size: 860 mm Color: Very color polymorphic; brown, bright green, cream mottle; meral spot white Distinguishing Characters: Submedian teeth prominent, intermediate teeth reduced; white meral spot Activity: Diurnal; closes cavity before sunset and opens at dawn
Suitability for Aquarium: Excellent; very hardy; active Availability: Occasionally found in shipments from Panama and the southern Caribbean Back to the Species Directory |