Global InformationGonodactylus smithii information
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Malacostraca |
| Order: | Stomatopoda |
| Family: | Gonodactylidae |
| Genus: | Gonodactylus |
| Species: | G. smithii
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| Binomial name | |
| Gonodactylus smithii Pocock, 1893 [1]
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Gonodactylus smithii, also known as the purple spot mantis shrimp or Smith's mantis shrimp, is a species of the smasher type of mantis shrimp.[2] G. smithii are the first animals discovered to be capable of dynamic polarization vision.[3] They are identified by their distinctive meral spots ranging from maroon to purple with a white ring, though those that inhabit depths below 10 meters tend to be colored maroon.[4] They also have raptorial dactyles, specialized forelimbs that are pigmented green and red, and antennal scales that are yellow.[4]
- ^ "Species Gonodactylus smithii Pocock, 1893". Australian Faunal Directory. Department of the Environment, Water, Heritage and the Arts. January 30, 2009. Retrieved April 15, 2010.
- ^ Yang, Mingqiu; Liu, Hongtao; Wang, Rong; Tan, Wei (2021-07-03). "The complete mitochondrial genome of Purple Spot Mantis Shrimp Gonodactylus smithii (Pocock, 1893)". Mitochondrial DNA Part B. 6 (7): 2028–2030. doi:10.1080/23802359.2021.1942272. ISSN 2380-2359. PMC 8218846. PMID 34212086.
- ^ Daly, Ilse M.; How, Martin J.; Partridge, Julian C.; Temple, Shelby E.; Marshall, N. Justin; Cronin, Thomas W.; Roberts, Nicholas W. (November 2016). "Dynamic polarization vision in mantis shrimps". Nature Communications. 7 (1): 12140. doi:10.1038/ncomms12140. ISSN 2041-1723. PMC 4945877. PMID 27401817.
- ^ a b Luff, Josh (2019). "Gonodactylus smithii". Animal Diversity Web.