Arthropod acoustic communication is a primary focus at the Patek Lab. Here you can find our acoustically oriented research projects along with sounds and video of spiny lobsters (Palinuridae) and mantis shrimp (Stomatopoda).
High speed video of cavitation during a mantis shrimp strike
A peacock mantis shrimp (Crustacea: Stomatopoda: Odontodactylidae: Odontodactylus scyllarus) uses its raptorial appendage to strike snail shell. Because of the extreme speed of the strike, a sheet of cavitation forms over the surface of the snail. This video was filmed at 20,000 frames per second and played here at ~15 frames per second.
