Oratosquilla oratoria

Oratosquilla oratoria
Scientific classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Malacostraca
Order: Stomatopoda
Family: Squillidae
Genus: Oratosquilla
Species:
O. oratoria
Binomial name
Oratosquilla oratoria
(De Haan, 1844)
Synonyms 
  • Squilla oratoria De Haan, 1844

Oratosquilla oratoria, the Japanese mantis shrimp, is a species of mantis shrimp found in the western Pacific. It is known as shako in Japan, where it is widely harvested and eaten as sushi. Like other members of its order it has a powerful spear, which it uses to hunt invertebrates and small fish. It grows to a length of 185 millimetres (7.3 in), and lives at depths of 10–100 metres (33–328 ft).