Oratosquilla fabricii
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| Oratosquilla fabricii | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Malacostraca |
| Order: | Stomatopoda |
| Family: | Squillidae |
| Genus: | Oratosquilla |
| Species: | O. fabricii |
| Binomial name | |
| Oratosquilla fabricii (Holthuis, 1941) | |
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Oratosquilla fabricii is a species of mantis shrimp found in the Indo-Pacific.[2] Like other members of its order it has a powerful spear, which it uses to hunt invertebrates and small fish. It grows to a length of 175 millimetres (6.9 in), and lives at depths of 0–135 metres (0–443 ft).[2]
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