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Pestarella tyrrhena (Decapoda: Callianassidae)
... that the
mud shrimp
Pestarella tyrrhena
(pictured)
has been used as
bait
by fishermen for over 200 years?
... that
Squilla mantis
is the only native
stomatopod
to be
fished
for on a commercial scale in the
Mediterranean Sea
?
... that the
endangered
Syncaris pacifica
uses variable
translucency
and color changing
crypsis
for underwater
camouflage
?
... that the
slipper lobster
Scyllarus arctus
is less common around
Great Britain
than the
giant squid
Architeuthis dux
?