New Zealand Seashore

DSC_5032 Mantis shrimp (Heterosquilla tricarinata) head of burrowing female. Found throughout New Zealand on sandy or muddy intertidal flats living in deep burrows. Name refers to the curious pincers which resemble those of the preying mantis. Papanui Inlet, Otago Peninsula *

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DSC_5032 Mantis shrimp (Heterosquilla tricarinata) head of burrowing female. Found throughout New Zealand on sandy or muddy intertidal flats living in deep burrows. Name refers to the curious pincers which resemble those of the preying mantis. Papanui Inlet, Otago Peninsula *

mantis shrimp 5032 Heterosquilla tricarinata head burrowing female Papanui Inlet Otago Peninsula