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Created 4/5/2013

Family Hemisquillidae

TROPICAL EASTERN PACIFIC

Hemisquilla californiensis

Catalina Island, California, 80 feet

CALIFORNIA MANTIS SHRIMP

Large smasher-type mantis shrimp that inhabits muddy sand deeper than 40 feet.  Attains 13 inches.  Southern California to Panama.