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A mantis shrimp in Lembeh Strait in Indonesia

Portrait of a Smashing mantis shrimp facing the camera

The eyes of the mantis shrimp are mounted on mobile stalks and can move independently of each other. They are thought to have the most complex eyes in the animal kingdom and have the most complex front-end for any visual system ever discovered

Peacock Mantis Shrimp (Odontodactylus scyllarus), head detail, front view, on a dark background. Focus on both eyes. Horizontal, underwater photography taken in Tulamben, Bali, Indonesia.

Vividly colored Peacock Mantis Shrimp on a black sandy seabed

Coral reef in South Pacific off the coast of the island of Sulawesi, , Mantis shrimp

$Mantis Shrimp Odontodactylus scyllarus occurs in the tropical Indo-Pacific in a depth range from 0-100m. It is one of the larger, more colourful mantis shrimps commonly seen, ranging in size from 3-18cm. \nTheir ability to see circularly polarised light has led to studies to determine if the mechanisms by which their eyes operate can be replicated for use in reading CDs and similar optical information storage devices. \nThis species is an active hunter during the day, it prefers gastropods, crustaceans, and bivalves and will repeatedly smash its prey until it can gain access to the soft tissue for consumption. \nThis specimen is looking out of its hole, a typical behavior. \nLembeh Strait, Indonesia \n1°27'38.166 N 125°13'34.284 E at 16m depth$

Close-up of a Peacock Mantis Shrimp (Odontodactylus scyllarus) on a coral reef in Tulamben, Bali, Indonesia

Odontodactylus scyllarus, known as the peacock mantis shrimp, is a large mantis shrimp

A colorful Peacock mantis shrimp lives on a coral reef in Komodo National Park, Indonesia.

Swimming Peacock Mantis Shrimp Odontodactylus scyllarus is one of the larger, more colourful mantis shrimps commonly seen, ranging in size from 3 to 18 centimetres (1.2 to 7.1 inches).

Peacock mantis shrimp. Pulau Weh, Indonesia

Neotrypaea californiensis (formerly Callianassa californiensis), the Bay ghost shrimp, is a species of ghost shrimp that lives on the Pacific coast of North America. It is a pale animal which grows to a length of 4.5 in. One claw is bigger than the other, especially in males. Underwater. Monterey Bay, California.

he butterfly blenny (Blennius ocellaris) is a small marine blenny fish of Mediterranean and Black Sea

Portrait of Close-up Colorful Peacock Mantis Shrimp Underwater in Chiba, Japan

Smashing mantis shrimp, (Odontactylus scyllarus)

Mantis shrimps stomatopods hiding inside a rock underwater.

Mantis shrimp close-up. Sipadan island. Celebes sea. Malaysia.

Odontodactylus scyllarus, commonly known as the peacock mantis shrimp, ,

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