Mantis Shrimp

© Johan Boshoff

Dzina ḽa Muṱa ḽo Ḓoweleyaho

Mantis shrimp

Dzina ḽa Tshisaitsi

Stomatopoda

Tshivhumbeo

U swika kha 30 cm yo linganelaho 12 cm.

Ṱhaluso

Ina muvhili muhulwane ya vha na phere thaṋu dza milenzhe. Phere ya u thoma ndi yone ine ya i thusa kha u pala zwiḽiwa nga maṋala. Maṱo a nnṱha ha ṱhoho. Mivhala ya hone I bva kha buraweni yo ḓoweleyaho na beige uya kha mudala, mutsuku na wono nga mudala.

Nḓivho yo Ḓoweleyeho

Muṱa wa stomatopoda ndi 19 wa vha na tshaka dza 120. Ina madzulo ayo ane ya dzumbama khao. I fasha zwipondwa nga u latela lukanda lwayo kha zwo. Ya vha na maṱo ano vhona vhukuma. Kanzhi dzi zwima vhusiku. Dzi ya hwala makumba a dzo u swika i tshi thothonya.

Kuḽele

Iḽa khovhe, crustaceans na molluscs.

U Phaḓaladziwa

Dzi ya wanala hoṱhe hune ha vha na vhuḓalo ha maḓi.

Zwigwada zwo Ḓoweleyeho

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Echinosquilla querinni
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Odpntodacytylus scyllarus
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