Say 'Cheese!' (Gallery)
In this picture, you can get a side view of the eyes and the stalk like structures supporting them.
Here you can see a the dorsal view of the
P. ciliata. This gives you a visual of the 6 part segmentation all of the organisms in Pseudosquillae family as well as the antennae and swimmerets.
This photo is a ventral view of the mantis shrimp. Here again, you can see the antennae, swimmerets, and segmentation.
In this picture you see the P. ciliata curled up so the head is protected by the tail. This makes use of the hard exoskeleton.
Here is yet another
dorsal view where you can see the segmentation, stalk structured eyes,
and appendages.
A P. ciliata crawls along the sandy bottom of shallow water.
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