Hunt for a Mantis Shrimp - Pariliacantha georgeorum

The first recorded Pariliacantha georgeorum for NW from Long Bay and was ID by @wmblom who says

A quick field id for live specimens are the lateral 'eyespots' near the tail, and on the tail itself the 2 black bars separated by white/yellow line.

This species is fairly common in the North Island on exposed or semi-exposed clean sand to fine muddy-sand beaches, but in the past was mistaken for several other species of mantis shrimp. Shane Ahyong recognised this as a separate species in 2012 (See ' Ahyong (2012) The Marine Fauna of New Zealand: Mantis Shrimps (Crustacea: Stomatopoda) pp.72-77.)

Observation here

Publicado el diciembre 4, 2017 09:35 TARDE por tangatawhenua