Giant Ghost Shrimp

Neotrypaea gigas

• Group: Shrimp

A burrowing ghost shrimp of intertidal flats and estuaries, it digs deep tunnels through soft sand and mud and rarely leaves them. Its pale, soft body reaches around 15 centimetres, built for a life spent almost entirely underground.

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

Species data via the World Register of Marine Species (WoRMS), AphiaID 465349.