Common Name | White 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 | color pattern(s) |
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. |