Stomatopod Images

The former binomial for this species was Gonodactylus oerstedii. It is the most common littoral stomatopod in the western Atlantic, and the photographer collected his specimens off the Florida Bay side of Pigeon Key, Florida. The stomatopods were inhabiting preformed cavities in bedrock, sponges, coral rubble and rocks, and were moving along the ground from one cavity to another.