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Zebra mantis shrimp, Lysiosquillina maculata (40 cm)
Triton Bay, Papua Barat, Indonesia

This is the world’s biggest mantis shrimp, which here is swimming just under the surface at night beside a Bagan fishing boat using bright light to attract fish. Magnus was actually there to photograph the whale sharks that follow the fishing boats in Papua Barat, and to his surprise he was attacked by this spearing mantis shrimp, which felt it owned some of the by-catch floating in the water.

Expedition "In the footsteps of Alfred Wallace" to Bird's neck peninsular, Papua Barat province, Indonesia (Island New Guninea)
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Magnus Lundgren, Hans Sotares gränd 11, SE-239 35 Skanör, Sweden Phone +46 (0)708 753610 & mail info@magnuslundgren.com
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RAJA AMPAT & TRITON BAY, PELAGIC WONDERS
Zebra mantis shrimp, Lysiosquillina maculata (40 cm)<br /> Triton Bay, Papua Barat, Indonesia<br /> <br /> This is the world’s biggest mantis shrimp, which here is swimming just under the surface at night beside a Bagan fishing boat using bright light to attract fish. Magnus was actually there to photograph the whale sharks that follow the fishing boats in Papua Barat, and to his surprise he was attacked by this spearing mantis shrimp, which felt it owned some of the by-catch floating in the water.<br /> <br /> Expedition "In the footsteps of Alfred Wallace" to Bird's neck peninsular, Papua Barat province, Indonesia (Island New Guninea)