Common Name | Giant harpiosquillid mantis shrimp |
Language | English |
Type | FAO |
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 | morphology |
2nd Modifier | mod. for size |
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; 'harpiosquilla' from the Latin genus name; 'squill' from Greek 'skilla', i.e., sea onion. |