Location: British Virgin Islands
Florent's Guide To The
South Florida Reefs
Split-Thumb Mantis Shrimp
Neogonodactylus bredini
Split-Thumb Mantis Shrimp
Category: Mantis Shrimps
Scientific Name: Neogonodactylus bredini
Size: Up to 2 in. (5 vm)
Depth: 3-100 ft. (1-30 m)
Distribution: Caribbean, Florida, Bahamas
Arthropoda (Phylum)
└Crustacea (Subphylum)
└Multicrustacea (Superclass)
└Malacostraca (Class)
└Hoplocarida (Subclass)
└Stomatopoda (Order)
└Gonodactylidae (Family)
└Neogonodactylus (Genus)
└N. bredini (Species)
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