Cameroon Ghost Shrimp

Lepidophthalmus turneranus

• Group: Shrimp

This ghost shrimp ranges from about five to fifteen centimetres and lives in burrows dug through estuarine mud. It pushes into brackish and at times nearly fresh water along the West African coast.

Taxonomy: Animalia › Arthropoda › Malacostraca › Decapoda › Callichiridae › Lepidophthalmus

Species data via the World Register of Marine Species (WoRMS), AphiaID 477719.