Hemisquilla californiensis
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Malacostraca
Order: Stomatopoda
Family: Hemisquillidae
Genus: Hemisquilla
Species:
H. californiensis
Binomial name
Hemisquilla californiensis
Stephenson, 1967
Synonyms

Hemisquilla ensigera californiensis Stephenson, 1967

Hemisquilla californiensis is a species of mantis shrimp native to the northern Pacific.[1]

Behaviour

Low-frequency sounds ("rumbles") emitted by H. californiensis are spectrally similar to the sounds produced by African and Asian elephants, in a range of 20–60 Hz with a strong secondary harmonic frequency. The species appears to produce this rumble by contracting a posterior muscle connected to a stiff extension of the carapace. The sides of the carapace are covered in large red polarized spots which vibrate during the rumble, suggesting that the sound may generate both vibrational and visual signals. It may be used to interact with predators and burrow intruders as a defensive or territorial measure.[2]

It has been suggested that constant and overlapping noise from boats and other anthropogenic sources may threaten the effectiveness of this type of signaling, however little is known about the exact function and to which degree it is impacted by such disturbances.[3]

Like all mantis shrimps, Hemisquilla species have compound eyes divided into two peripheral retinal regions (dorsal and ventral hemispheres) and one mid-band region.[4] A behavioral study of H. californiensis found that animals studied responded to moving targets under white, blue, and green light, but were less sensitive to red light and had no measurable response to infrared light. Overall, the animals studied responded to targets rotating horizontally across their field of vision with a quick startle response noticeable in their eyes/antennules, but there was no tracking of targets with their eyes. It was therefore concluded that H. californiensis uses monochromatic vision in its peripheral hemispheres to recognize objects, and the mid-band's sharper color receptors, if light conditions allow, add supplemental information to create a more detailed picture.[5]

References

  1. ^ WoRMS (2022). "Hemisquilla californiensis Stephenson, 1967". WoRMS. World Register of Marine Species. Retrieved 3 May 2022.
  2. ^ Patek, S. N.; Caldwell, R. L. (2006-06-01). "The stomatopod rumble: Low frequency sound production in Hemisquilla californiensis". Marine and Freshwater Behaviour and Physiology. 39 (2): 99–111. doi:10.1080/10236240600563289. ISSN 1023-6244. S2CID 15104696.
  3. ^ Staaterman, E. R.; Clark, C. W.; Gallagher, A. J.; deVries, M. S.; Claverie, T.; Patek, S. N. (2011-08-04). "Rumbling in the benthos: acoustic ecology of the California mantis shrimp Hemisquilla californiensis". Aquatic Biology. 13 (2): 97–105. doi:10.3354/ab00361. ISSN 1864-7782.
  4. ^ Marshall, N. J.; Land, Michael Francis; King, C. A.; Cronin, T. W.; Bone, Quentin (1991-10-29). "The compound eyes of mantis shrimps (Crustacea, Hoplocarida, Stomatopoda). I. Compound eye structure: the detection of polarized light". Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society of London. Series B: Biological Sciences. 334 (1269): 33–56. doi:10.1098/rstb.1991.0096.
  5. ^ Cowles, David L.; Van Dolson, Jaclyn R.; Hainey, Lisa R.; Dick, Dallas M. (2006-03-21). "The use of different eye regions in the mantis shrimp Hemisquilla californiensis Stephenson, 1967 (Crustacea: Stomatopoda) for detecting objects". Journal of Experimental Marine Biology and Ecology. 330 (2): 528–534. doi:10.1016/j.jembe.2005.09.016. ISSN 0022-0981.
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