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Lysosquilla maculata - Mantis Shrimp

Lysosquilla maculata is just one of several species of very awesome mantis shrimp. I’ve loved these guys ever since I saw a video of one break an aquarium on board a research vessel, and it got washed back out to sea. Bad. Ass. They are fascinating creatures.

The Oatmeal totally knows what I’m talking about. Check out the comic.

Top Right Image: Dictionnaire Universel d’Histoire Naturelle. M. Charles d’Orbigny, 1849.
Bottom Image: Peacock Mantis Shrimp. Rick Collier Imagery, 2011.

Humpback Anglerfish - Melanocetus johnsonii These anglerfish are found anywhere temperate/tropical where the sea floor is somewhere around 2,000 m/6600ft down, and are considered deep-sea fish. They’re also known as “black seadevils”, from their scientific name. The Humpback Anglerfish are sort of a “standard” anglerfish, in that they’re from the deep sea, the females have the glowing rod protruding from their head, and the males permanently attach themselves to the females as a breeding method. Die Tiefsee-Fische. Ergebnisse der deutschen Tiefsee-Expedition ‘Valdivia’, 1898-1899. Brauer, A., 1906.

Humpback Anglerfish - Melanocetus johnsonii

These anglerfish are found anywhere temperate/tropical where the sea floor is somewhere around 2,000 m/6600ft down, and are considered deep-sea fish. They’re also known as “black seadevils”, from their scientific name. The Humpback Anglerfish are sort of a “standard” anglerfish, in that they’re from the deep sea, the females have the glowing rod protruding from their head, and the males permanently attach themselves to the females as a breeding method.

Die Tiefsee-Fische. Ergebnisse der deutschen Tiefsee-Expedition ‘Valdivia’, 1898-1899. Brauer, A., 1906.