Cumacean

Cumella clavicauda

• Group: Other

This tiny cumacean is a shrimp like crustacean with a swollen head and a slender tail, drifting and burrowing across bays, nearshore sands and the inner shelf from about three metres down. It sifts organic particles from the sediment and rises into the plankton to swim and breed.

Taxonomy: Animalia › Arthropoda › Malacostraca › Cumacea › Nannastacidae › Cumella

Species data via the World Register of Marine Species (WoRMS), AphiaID 182491.