Australian Ghost Shrimp

Trypaea australiensis

• Group: Shrimp

An Australian ghost shrimp of estuarine sand and mud flats, it spends its life inside a burrow it digs through the soft bottom. Reaching a few centimetres, its pale, soft body and uneven claws are typical of a creature that rarely leaves the safety of its tunnel.

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

Species data via the World Register of Marine Species (WoRMS), AphiaID 465345.