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Updated 3/9/2013

Family Squillidae

WEST PACIFIC / HAWAII

Oratosquilla fabricii

Kailua-Kona Pier, Hawaii, 35 feet

 

SPEARING MANTIS SHRIMP

A large spearer that inhabits sandy burrows in sheltered areas.  Attains 8 inches.  Hawaii & the Tropical Pacific.  Formerly known as Oratosquilla calumnia.