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Classification
Crustacean
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Diet
Carnivore
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Lifespan
3–6 years
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Weight
0.01–0.2 kg
Population Trend
➡️Stable
Description
A colorful marine crustacean with the fastest punch in the animal kingdom, capable of smashing aquarium glass.
Habitat
🌿 coral reef🌿 tropical ocean🌿 rocky crevice
Extended Data
Taxonomy
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Arthropoda
Class
Malacostraca
Order
Stomatopoda
Family
Various
Genus
Various
Fun Facts
1
Their punch accelerates as fast as a .22 caliber bullet, hitting at 80 km/h.
2
Mantis shrimp have 16 types of photoreceptors — humans have only 3.
3
They can see ultraviolet, circularly polarized, and linearly polarized light.
4
Their strikes boil the water around their fists, creating cavitation bubbles.
5
Despite the name, they are not actually shrimp — they are stomatopods.