Scientific Name: Harpiosquilla harpax (de Haan, 1844)
English Name: Mantis shrimp
Local/Bangla Name: Icha (ইচা)
Classification:
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Malacostraca
Order: Stomatopoda
Family: Squillidae
Description:
It has longitudinal ridges or carinae. The telson has a distinct median longitudinal carina. The raptorial claw is large and slender with blunt pectinations. The posterolateral angles of the carapace are rounded and convex, rather than excavated.
Habitat & Distribution in Bangladesh:
Sundarbans Mangrove coast.
Environment:
Marine
