organism: Gonodactylus smithii
attributes.tag: isolate
attributes.value: Gonodactylus smithii typically range from 8-90 millimeters in length, but have been found as long as 3800 millimeters (Caldwell and Dingle, 1974). They are colored green to dark green with red raptorial dactyls (specialized forelimbs) and yellow antennal scales (Caldwell and Dingle, 1974). Those from depths below 10 meters often have a maroon body color. They have distinctive features of meral spots ranging from maroon to purple with a white ring. Some other distinguishing characters specific to G. smithii are purple meral spots and a red knob at the base of their uropods (Zhang, 2016). There are more than 450 sub-species of mantis shrimp that are included with G. smithii. They are polymorphic with their fellow sub-species by the specific raptorial limbs that can be moved in astonishingly fast and furious strikes (Zhang, 2016). Furthermore, some also share polymorphism of 16 types of color receptive cones in their eyes giving them a unique spectral tuning ability. The sub-species differ from G. smithii with their coloring patterns as Gonodactylus smithii has purple spots not seen in any of its other closely related species (Caldwell and Dingle, 1974). (Caldwell and Dingle, 1974; Zhang, 2016)
attributes.tag: isolation_source
attributes.value: not collected
attributes.tag: collection_date
attributes.value: 2019-09-27
attributes.tag: geo_loc_name
attributes.value: China: Haikou
attributes.tag: tissue
attributes.value: muscle
attributes.tag: BioSampleModel
attributes.value: Invertebrate