| Image ID: | 29358 |
| Common Name: | Ghost shrimp |
| Scientific Name: | Callianassa filholi |
| Description: | Resembling an aquatic scorpion, this ghost shrimp has gathered up a ball of sand in its claws in preparation for burying itself in the sand |
| Location: | Oreti Beach, Southland, New Zealand |
| Keywords: | Callianassa filholi, ghost shrimp, intertidal, bioturbation, Arthropoda, Crustacea, Malacostraca, Eucarida, Decapoda, Thalassinidea, Callianassidae, burrowing, sand |
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