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Is the Giant Mantis Shrimp supposed to have the aquatic subtype?
UW has a vermin companion for Giant Mantis Shrimp. It is described as aquatic in the description text (colorful aquatic vermin), has a swim speed, and is based on an aquatic creature. However, there are other aquatic animal companions in the book which have the aquatic special quality in their write-up. The Giant Mantis Shrimp has a special quality called "aquatic blindsense 10ft" rather than having aquatic and blindsense 10ft. The former implies blindsense in aquatic environments, the latter simply means a comma is missing.
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A number of critters do have blindsense that works only in water, but I don't think I've ever seen it referred to as "aquatic blindsense," and the advancement gives it "blindsight" not "aquatic blindsight," so I'm going with the missing-comma theory.