Isopod

Cyathura carinata

• Group: Other
• Typical depth: 0–5 m

A slender isopod of shallow soft bottoms, this species lives in the top few metres of muddy estuarine sediment. Like others of its group it is mainly a hunter, picking off small invertebrates that share its burrows.

Taxonomy: Animalia › Arthropoda › Malacostraca › Isopoda › Anthuridae › Cyathura

Species data via the World Register of Marine Species (WoRMS), AphiaID 118474.