Oratosquilla oratoria

Oratosquilla oratoria
Oratosquilla oratoria
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Crustacea
Class: Malacostraca
Order: Stomatopoda
Family: Squillidae
Genus: Oratosquilla
Species: O. oratoria
Binomial name
Oratosquilla oratoria
(De Haan, 1844)
Synonyms [1]
  • Squilla oratoria De Haan, 1844

Oratosquilla oratoria is a species of mantis shrimp found in the Western Pacific.[2] It is widely harvested in Japan where it is known as shako (シャコ) and eaten as sushi. Like other members of its order it has a powerful spear, which it uses to hunt invertebrates and small fish. It grows to a length of 185 millimetres (7.3 in), and lives at depths of 10–100 metres (33–330 ft).[2]

  • For sale at a Japanese market

  • Close-up of the telson and uropods

References

  1. ^ WoRMS (2010). "Oratosquilla oratoria (De Haan, 1844)". World Register of Marine Species. http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=395015. Retrieved March 6, 2011. 
  2. ^ a b "Oratosquilla oratoria (De Haan, 1844) Japanese squillid mantis shrimp". SeaLifeBase. http://www.sealifebase.org/Summary/speciesSummary.php?ID=83465&genusname=Oratosquilla&speciesname=oratoria. Retrieved March 6, 2011. 
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