Description
Close up of Pseudosquilla ciliata eye
Date 5 December 2008
Source photographed by Shumpei Maruyama
Author Shumpei Maruyama
Source: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Pseudosquilla.JPG

Pseudosquilla ciliata, the common mantis shrimp, is a species of mantis shrimp, known by common names including rainbow mantis shrimp and false mantis shrimp. It is widespread in the tropical Indo-Pacific region and in both the western and eastern Atlantic Ocean. P. ciliata usually remains in its burrow during the day and emerges at night to forage. It is a predator and feeds on small fish, worms and small crustaceans, particularly shrimps. Order: Stomatopoda, Family: Pseudosquillidae, Genus: Pseudosquilla, Species: Pseudosquilla ciliata (Fabricius, 1787).
Synonyms:
Squilla ciliata Fabricius, 1787
Squilla quadrispinosa Eydoux & Souleyet, 1842
Squilla stylifera Lamarck, 1818