Odontodactylus | |
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Odontodactylus scyllarus | |
Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Malacostraca |
Order: | Stomatopoda |
Superfamily: | Gonodactyloidea |
Family: | Odontodactylidae Manning, 1980 |
Genus: | Odontodactylus Bigelow, 1893 |
Type species | |
Cancer scyllarus |
Odontodactylus is a genus of mantis shrimp, the only genus in the family Odontodactylidae.[1] Mantis shrimp of the genus Odontodactylus can not only detect circular polarisation of light, but can also detect polarised light reflecting off their telson and uropods.[2]
The genus Odontodactylus contains the following species:[3]