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Odontodactylus
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Odontodactylus

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

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6 branches of this genus, most-observed first

Peacock Mantis Shrimp

speciesOdontodactylus scyllarus

Pink-eared Mantis Shrimp

speciesOdontodactylus latirostris

Shortnose Mantis Shrimp

speciesOdontodactylus brevirostris

Keeltail Mantis Shrimp

speciesOdontodactylus cultrifer

Havana Mantis

speciesOdontodactylus havanensis

Odontodactylus japonicus

speciesOdontodactylus japonicus

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This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 119397.