Burrowing Mud Shrimp

Callianassa subterranea

• Group: Shrimp

This pale shrimp spends nearly its whole life underground, digging branching burrows in muddy fine sand between about 30 and 50 metres. It feeds by sifting organic matter from the sediment it tunnels through, rarely showing itself at the surface.

Taxonomy: Animalia › Arthropoda › Malacostraca › Decapoda › Callianassidae › Callianassa

Species data via the World Register of Marine Species (WoRMS), AphiaID 107729.