Squilla mantis
| Squilla mantis | |
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| Squilla mantis | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Malacostraca |
| Order: | Stomatopoda |
| Family: | Squillidae |
| Genus: | Squilla |
| Species: | S. mantis
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| Binomial name | |
| Squilla mantis | |
| Synonyms | |
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Cancer mantis Linnaeus, 1758 | |
Squilla mantis, also called the spot-tail mantis shrimp, is a species of mantis shrimp found in shallow coastal areas of the Mediterranean Sea and the Eastern Atlantic Ocean. It is also known as "pacchero" or "canocchia". Its abundance has led to it being the only commercially fished mantis shrimp in the Mediterranean.