Common Name | Common mantis shrimp |
Language | English |
Type | FAO old |
Official Trade Name | No |
Rank | 3 - (Other common name) |
Country | United Kingdom |
Locality | |
Ref. | Manning, R.B., 1998 |
Life Stage | juveniles and adults |
Sex | females and males |
Core | other animal |
1st Modifier | mod. for abundance |
2nd Modifier | |
Remarks | 'shrimp' from Old Norse 'skorpna', i.e., 'to shrivel up'; 'mantis' from Greek, i.e., 'diviner', 'prophet', employed to members of the insect family Mantidae, i.e., preying mantis. Spelling to be checked in the main ref. |