Bairdops
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Bairdops is an extinct genus of mantis shrimp that lived during the Early Carboniferous period in what is now Scotland and the United States. Two named species are currently assigned to it. The type s
Bairdops elegans
Fossils of Bairdops elegans as illustrated in 1908, originally labelled as Perimecturus ensifer
Telson of B. elegans
Mantis shrimp
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Mantis shrimp are carnivorous marine crustaceans of the order Stomatopoda. Stomatopods branched off from other members of the class Malacostraca around 400 million years ago, with more than 520 extant
Bairdops
…Bairdops is an extinct genus of mantis shrimp that lived during the Early Carboniferous period in what is now Scotland and the United States. Two named species are currently assigned to it. The…
Odontodactylus Scyllarus 2
Lysiosquillina maculata Prague 2012 1
Drawing of a mantis shrimp by Richard Lydekker. The folded raptorial claws are flanking the carapace.
Close-up of a peacock mantis shrimp showing the structure of the eyes. The three dark spots are pseudopupils, indicating the ommatidia that are pointing towards the camera's POV