Male or female Peacock Mantis shrimp

[ChandlerTingle]

Anyone know how to identify the sex of Mantis Shrimps?

 

[LiveFreeAndReef]

How to tell if your Mantis Shrimp is Male (a boy)

After being asked, and me actually asking this question long ago, I decided to post a thread to help people discover the gender of a mantis shrimp....

www.3reef.com

 

[OneInchPunch]

I'm no expert but if I remember you need a shot of the underside to sex them

 

[Hadla]

If there are two stick like appendages pointing at an angle downward behind his legs, it’s a male, if none, female

 

[JPM San Diego]

Be careful if you try to pull down its pants to look between its legs.
She/he may take offense and use those killer claws on you...

 

[Lost in the Sauce]

Buy it a drink and wink. The response should give you your answer.

 

[Squidward]

Looks like a male. I believe the green ones are male. The brownish ones are females.