Portal:Crustaceans/Did you know/2
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![Pestarella tyrrhena (Decapoda: Callianassidae)](http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/52/Pestarella_tyrrhena.jpg/640px-Pestarella_tyrrhena.jpg)
- ... that the mud shrimp Pestarella tyrrhena (pictured) has been used as bait by fishermen for over 200 years?
- ... that Squilla mantis is the only native stomatopod to be fished for on a commercial scale in the Mediterranean Sea?
- ... that the endangered Syncaris pacifica uses variable translucency and color changing crypsis for underwater camouflage?
- ... that the slipper lobster Scyllarus arctus is less common around Great Britain than the giant squid Architeuthis dux?