Odontodactylus
Sign in to saveOdontodactylus (from Ancient Greek ὀδούς (odoús), meaning "tooth", and δάκτυλος (dáktulos), meaning "finger") is a genus of mantis shrimp, the only genus in the family Odontodactylidae. 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.
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- KingdomAnimalia
- PhylumArthropoda
- ClassMalacostraca
- OrderStomatopoda
- FamilyOdontodactylidae
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Odontodactylus (from Ancient Greek ὀδούς (odoús), meaning "tooth", and δάκτυλος (dáktulos), meaning "finger") is a genus of mantis shrimp, the only genus in the family Odontodactylidae. 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.
The genus Odontodactylus contains the following species: Odontodactylus brevirostris (Miers, 1884) Odontodactylus cultrifer (White, 1850) Odontodactylus hansenii (Pocock, 1893) Odontodactylus havanensis (Bigelow, 1893) Odontodactylus hawaiiensis Manning, 1967 Odontodactylus japonicus (de Haan, 1844) Odontodactylus latirostris Borradaile, 1907 Odontodactylus scyllarus (Linnaeus, 1758)