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Our reversible tops are designed to keep up with all your adventures in and out of the water, whether you’re engaging your inner mermaid at sea or your core on a yoga mat, and everywhere in between!
With a colorful exoskeleton that features startling shades of green, blue, magenta, red, and purple, the peacock mantis shrimp (Odontodactylus scyllarus) is a badass marine crustacean known for its unique, powerful strike and incredible eyesight.
88% Repreve® RPET (recycled polyester made from post-consumer plastic bottles), 12% spandex
5% of sales will be donated to Coral Watch, a not-for-profit citizen science program based at The University of Queensland working with volunteers worldwide to increase understanding of coral reefs, coral bleaching, and climate change.
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The peacock mantis shrimp is a strikingly colorful and highly predatory marine crustacean found in the Indo-Pacific region. Its body is typically about 10 cm (4 inches) long and it has club-like appendages that it uses to smash and kill prey. These smashing appendages have the fastest strike in the animal kingdom, with an acceleration faster than a .22 caliber bullet.
In addition to its powerful smashers, the peacock mantis shrimp has impressive visual abilities, with 12 color receptors (compared to humans' 3) and the ability to perceive polarized light. Color and polarized light signals are thought to play a big part in mantis shrimp behavior especially communication with other mantis shrimp.
Photo by Prof. Justin Marshall, Coral Watch
The peacock mantis shrimp is named for its vibrant coloring, which can include startling shades of green, blue, and orange. It lives in burrows in coral reefs and feeds on a variety of prey, including crabs, mollusks, and small fish. Unfortunately, the corals they call home are losing their vibrant color due to increasing bleaching events.
CoralWatch is a not-for-profit citizen science program based at The University of Queensland working with volunteers worldwide to increase understanding of coral reefs, coral bleaching, and climate change.
CoralWatch developed the Coral Health Chart in 2002. The chart standardizes changes in coral colors and provides a simple way for people to quantify coral health and contribute to the CoralWatch global database. The Coral Health Chart is used by dive centers, schools, conservation groups, tourists, and scientists. To get involved simply download a Do-it-Yourself kit from their website, request a Coral Health Chart and you are ready to start monitoring. You can even help save the reef and the home of the mantis shrimp from home.
“Waterlust and CoralWatch have teamed up to help preserve coral reefs and their colorful inhabitants for future generations to see. Mantis shrimps have been watching over the reef for millions of years. By supporting our cause, by wearing the fabulous Mantis Moxie water-garb Waterlust provides, and by learning more about the reef through the CoralWatch citizen science program, you can help watch over the reef too.”
Prof. Justin Marshall
Coral Watch
This is a great sport bra that keeps everything nicely compressed. The only issue I had is that the halters are slightly too long for my proportions, which meant it sat a bit low and was a bit unsupportive, but that was easily fixed by shortening them (you can see the horizontal seam in the centre back in the attached photo). Great sport bra otherwise, and goes really well with the tights! For size reference, I wear size M and am 5'6.
Let's be honest. I don't usually wear these types of tops. I prefer a rashguard, but absolutely couldn't resist the incredibly beautiful pattern of this top. I'm a peacock mantis shrimp nerd with a tattoo of this stomatopod on my foot. I had a rescued Peacock Mantis shrimp as a pet. There are few things in the world that I love more than this delightful, interactive creature.
The fabric of the top is thick and supportive. If you live is a climate that's warm enough, it's a great top to wear in the ocean without a rashguard or wetsuit. It's gorgeous.
I love wearing this as a top in the summer, a swimsuit, and as a sports bra all year. Besides the comfort and nice feel of the material, my favorite part is that I can wear the fun pattern side when I’m feeling adventurous or the solid color side when I just want to blend in and focus on a workout.
Love the smooth no stitching feel of the reversible top. Fabulous!
I love the beautiful, soft and sustainable fabric! Customer support is also great. BUT the bra runs small: I am not a voluptuous woman (125 lbs, 161 cm, and with modest breast cup) yet the S fit very tightly. I exchanged for a M one and this one is okay.
Beautiful and soft fabric! Runs small, I think.
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