Common name of Pseudosquilla ciliata
 
Common Name Ciliated mantis shrimp
Language English
Type Vernacular
Official Trade Name No
Rank 3 - (Other common name)
Country Hawaii
Locality
Ref. Meadows, D.W. and A. Kane, 2006
Life Stage juveniles and adults
Sex females and males
Core other animal
1st Modifier morphology
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.
Glossary [ e.g. cnidaria]
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