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Odontodactylus

Odontodactylus
Odontodactylus scyllarus3.jpg
Odontodactylus scyllarus
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Crustacea
Class: Malacostraca
Order: Stomatopoda
Superfamily: Gonodactyloidea
Family: Odontodactylidae
Manning, 1980
Genus: Odontodactylus
Bigelow, 1893
Type species
Cancer scyllarus
Linnaeus, 1758

Odontodactylus is a genus of mantis shrimp, the only genus in the family Odontodactylidae. Mantis shrimp of the genus Odontodactylus can not only detect circular polarisation of light, but can polarise light reflecting off their telson and uropods.

The genus Odontodactylus contains the following species:



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