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Lisa's mantis shrimp
Lysiosquilla lisa
Valid name (WoRMS, AphiaID 1579719, checked 2026-10-31).
- English
- Lisa's mantis shrimp
- Scientific
- Lysiosquilla lisa
- Dhivehi
- No recorded Dhivehi name
- Group
- Mantis shrimps
- IUCN status
- NE · Not EvaluatedNot Evaluated (NE)
Description
A large spearing mantis shrimp that lives in a deep burrow in sand, waiting at the entrance to ambush passing fish and shrimps with its barbed claws.
In the Maldives
Recorded from the Maldives: iNaturalist research-grade observations in the Maldives (n=14, 13 observers).
Sources
- marinespecies.org /aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1579719
- inaturalist.org /taxa/1474794
- inaturalist.org /observations/167936739
Dhivehi name source: No species-level Dhivehi name found in Dhivehi Wikipedia, SeaLifeBase (country: Maldives) or MRS/MMRI invertebrate publications.