Editing Mantis shrimp (section)

{{Short description|Order of crustaceans}}
{{Use British English|date=September 2013}}
{{Automatic taxobox
| fossil_range = {{fossilrange|Carboniferous|Recent}}
| image = OdontodactylusScyllarus2.jpg
| image_caption = ''[[Odontodactylus scyllarus]]''
| image2 = Lysiosquillina maculata Prague 2012 1.jpg
| image2_caption = ''[[Lysiosquillina maculata]]'' (Zebra mantis shrimp)
| taxon = Stomatopoda
| authority = [[Pierre André Latreille|Latreille]], 1817
| subdivision_ranks = Subdivisions
| subdivision_ref = <ref name="M&D">{{cite book |url=http://atiniui.nhm.org/pdfs/3839/3839.pdf |title=An Updated Classification of the Recent Crustacea |author1=Joel W. Martin |author2=George E. Davis |name-list-style=amp |year=2001 |page=132 |publisher=[[Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County]] |access-date=2009-12-14 |archive-date=2013-05-12 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130512091254/http://atiniui.nhm.org/pdfs/3839/3839.pdf |url-status=dead}}</ref>
| subdivision = {{hidden|title=<small>Superfamilies and families</small> |content=
Bathysquilloidea
* [[Bathysquillidae]]
* [[Indosquillidae]]
[[Gonodactyloidea]]
* [[Alainosquillidae]]
* [[Hemisquillidae]]
* [[Gonodactylidae]]
* [[Odontodactylidae]]
* [[Protosquillidae]]
* [[Pseudosquillidae]]
* [[Takuidae]]
Erythrosquilloidea
* [[Erythrosquillidae]]
[[Lysiosquilloidea]]
* [[Coronididae]]
* [[Lysiosquillidae]]
* [[Nannosquillidae]]
* [[Tetrasquillidae]]
Squilloidea
* [[Squillidae]]
Eurysquilloidea
* [[Eurysquillidae]]
Parasquilloidea
* [[Parasquillidae]] }}
}}

'''Mantis shrimp''' are [[carnivorous]] [[marine animal|marine]] [[crustacean]]s of the [[order (biology)|order]] '''Stomatopoda''' ({{etymology|grc|''{{wikt-lang|grc|στόμα}}'' ({{grc-transl|στόμα}})|mouth||''{{wikt-lang|grc|ποδός}}'' ({{grc-transl|ποδός}})|foot}}).{{source needed|reason=Unlikely that this a syntactic compound with a genitive singular. Please use a reliable source.|date=April 2025}} Stomatopods [[phylogenetic tree|branched]] off from other members of the class [[Malacostraca]] around 400 million years ago,<ref name=":0">{{cite journal |last1=Van Der Wal |first1=Cara |last2=Ahyong |first2=Shane T. |last3=Ho |first3=Simon Y. W. |last4=Lo |first4=Nathan |title=The evolutionary history of Stomatopoda (Crustacea: Malacostraca) inferred from molecular data |journal=PeerJ |date=21 September 2017 |volume=5 |pages=e3844 |doi=10.7717/peerj.3844 |pmid=28948111 |pmc=5610894 |doi-access=free}}</ref> with more than 520 [[Neontology|extant]] species of mantis shrimp known. All living species are in the [[suborder]] '''Unipeltata''', which arose around 250 million years ago.<ref name=":0" /><ref>{{cite web |url=http://tolweb.org/Stomatopoda/6299 |title=Stomatopoda |work=[[Tree of Life Web Project]] |date=January 1, 2002 |access-date=August 26, 2007 |archive-date=October 2, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221002100648/http://tolweb.org/Stomatopoda/6299 |url-status=live }}</ref> They are among the most important [[predator]]s in many [[Shallow water marine environment|shallow]], [[Tropics|tropical]] and [[Subtropics|subtropical]] marine [[habitat]]s. Despite being common in their habitats, they are poorly understood, as many species spend most of their lives sheltering in burrows and holes.<ref>{{cite book |author=Ross Piper |year=2007 |title=Extraordinary Animals: An Encyclopedia of Curious and Unusual Animals |url=https://archive.org/details/extraordinaryani0000pipe |url-access=registration |publisher=[[Greenwood Press]] |isbn=978-0-313-33922-6 |author-link=Ross Piper}}</ref>

Dubbed "sea locusts" by [[Assyria|ancient]] [[Assyrian people|Assyrians]], "prawn killers" in [[Australia]],<ref>{{Cite web |title=Mantis shrimp |url=http://www.qm.qld.gov.au/Find+out+about/Animals+of+Queensland/Crustaceans/Common+marine+crustaceans/Mantis+Shrimps#.U7ZwLPmSxMg |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210121072402/http://www.qm.qld.gov.au/Find+out+about/Animals+of+Queensland/Crustaceans/Common+marine+crustaceans/Mantis+Shrimps#.U7ZwLPmSxMg |archive-date=January 21, 2021 |website=Queensland Museum}}</ref> and now sometimes referred to as "thumb splitters" due to their ability to inflict painful wounds if handled incautiously,<ref>{{cite book |author=Gilbert L. Voss |year=2002 |title=Seashore Life of Florida and the Caribbean |series=Dover pictorial archive series |publisher=[[Courier Dover Publications]] |isbn=978-0-486-42068-4 |pages=[https://archive.org/details/seashorelifeoffl00gilb/page/120 120–122] |chapter=Order Stomatopoda: Mantis shrimp or thumb splitters |chapter-url=https://books.google.com/books?id=scXKvA97b24C |url-access=registration |url=https://archive.org/details/seashorelifeoffl00gilb/page/120}}</ref> mantis shrimp possess powerful [[raptorial]] appendages that are used to attack and kill prey either by spearing, stunning, or [[dismember]]ing; the shape of these appendages are often used to classify them into groups: extant mantis shrimp either have appendages which form heavily [[Biomineralization|mineralized]] "[[Club (weapon)|club]]s" that can strike with great power, or they have sharp, grasping forelimbs used to swiftly seize prey (similar to those of [[praying mantis]], hence their [[common name]]).