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Oratosquilla oratoria

Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Subphylum:	Crustacea
Class:	Malacostraca
Order:	Stomatopoda
Family:	Squillidae
Genus:	Oratosquilla
Species:	O. oratoria
Binomial name
*Oratosquilla oratoria* (De Haan, 1844)
Synonyms ^[1]
Squilla oratoria De Haan, 1844

Oratosquilla oratoria is a species of mantis shrimp found in the Western Pacific.^[2] It is widely harvested in Japan where it is known as shako (シャコ) and eaten as sushi. 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 185 millimetres (7.3 in), and lives at depths of 10–100 metres (33–330 ft).^[2]

For sale at a Japanese market
Close-up of the telson and uropods

References

^ WoRMS (2010). "Oratosquilla oratoria (De Haan, 1844)". World Register of Marine Species. http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=395015. Retrieved March 6, 2011.
^ ^a ^b "Oratosquilla oratoria (De Haan, 1844) Japanese squillid mantis shrimp". SeaLifeBase. http://www.sealifebase.org/Summary/speciesSummary.php?ID=83465&genusname=Oratosquilla&speciesname=oratoria. Retrieved March 6, 2011.

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