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===== Mantis shrimp ===== Several species of [[mantis shrimp]], which are stomatopod [[crustaceans]], including ''Lysiosquillina glabriuscula'', have yellow fluorescent markings along their antennal scales and [[carapace]] (shell) that males present during threat displays to predators and other males. The display involves raising the head and thorax, spreading the striking appendages and other maxillipeds, and extending the prominent, oval antennal scales laterally, which makes the animal appear larger and accentuates its yellow fluorescent markings. Furthermore, as depth increases, mantis shrimp fluorescence accounts for a greater part of the visible light available. During mating rituals, mantis shrimp actively fluoresce, and the wavelength of this fluorescence matches the wavelengths detected by their eye pigments.<ref>{{Cite journal | doi = 10.1126/science.1089803| title = Fluorescent Enhancement of Signaling in a Mantis Shrimp| journal = Science| volume = 303| issue = 5654| page = 51| year = 2004| last1 = Mazel | first1 = C. H.| s2cid = 35009047| pmid=14615546| doi-access = free}}</ref>
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