Common Name | Common squillid mantis shrimp |
Language | English |
Type | FAO |
Official Trade Name | No |
Rank | 3 - (Other common name) |
Country | Global |
Locality | |
Ref. | FAO-FIES, 2022 |
Life Stage | juveniles and adults |
Sex | females and males |
Core | other animal |
1st Modifier | morphology |
2nd Modifier | mod. for abundance |
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; 'squill' from Greek 'skilla', i.e., sea onion. Also Ref. 77129, 122997. |