Caribbean Mantis ID help

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  1. =Jwin=

    =Jwin= Tassled File Fish

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    I've been doubting the Havanensis as well. The little guy won't hold still long enough for me to get a good long look at him, and every time I see something that might ID him, the species turns out to be in the Pacific or something. I know for a fact this guy came from FL live rock, so I'll try and snap some more pics of him. Even if I have to camp out in front of his tank haha
     
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  3. =Jwin=

    =Jwin= Tassled File Fish

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    Oh, and see that dark spot on his body in the first pic? That's pretty distinctive, and I know i've heard of a mantis with that, but I don't know where from or what it was.
     
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    stepho Panda Puffer

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    I am going to hit up the library on thursday and photocopy all of the important pages from the book.

    I have the book for Australian stomatopods, it has all the genera but only the species of Australia. Might be able to narrow it down to a genus that way though.

    Articulation of the uropodal exopod segments terminal - Odontodactylidae
    articulation of the uropodal exopod segments subterminal - Gonodactylidae

    Exopod is the biggest part of the uropod that looks like a feather. I am not sure what it means by terminal or subterminal. I am waiting to hear back from my marine biologist sister-in-law about that one.