Squilla mantis
| Squilla mantis | |
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| Squilla mantis | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Malacostraca |
| Order: | Stomatopoda |
| Family: | Squillidae |
| Genus: | Squilla |
| Species: | S. mantis |
| Binomial name | |
| Squilla mantis | |
| Synonyms | |
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Cancer mantis Linnaeus, 1758 | |
Squilla mantis 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.