| Image ID: | 29421 |
| Common Name: | Ghost shrimp |
| Scientific Name: | Callianassa filholi |
| Description: | Vibrantly coloured, a female ghost shrimp rests before burying herself in beach sand. These shrimps are ecologically important, and are a keystone species in some intertidal communities. |
| Location: | Oreti Beach, Southland, New Zealand |
| Keywords: | Callianassa filholi, ghost shrimp, intertidal, bioturbation, Arthropoda, Crustacea, Malacostraca, Eucarida, Decapoda, Thalassinidea, Callianassidae |
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