Mud shrimp
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The term mud shrimp is used for a number of different mud-dwelling crustacean
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Crustacean
Crustaceans form a very large group of arthropods, usually treated as a subphylum, which includes such familiar animals as crabs, lobsters, crayfish, shrimp, krill and barnacles. The 50,000 described species range in size from Stygotantulus stocki at , to the Japanese spider crab with a leg span...
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- Infraorder ThalassinideaThalassinideaThalassinidea is an infraorder of decapod crustaceans that live in burrows in muddy bottoms of the world's oceans. In Australian English, the littoral thalassinidean Trypaea australiensis is referred to as the yabby , frequently used as bait for estuarine fishing; elsewhere, however, they are...
, including genera such as CallianassaCallianassa (genus)Callianassa is a genus of mud shrimps, in the family Callianassidae. Three of the species in this genus Callianassa is a genus of mud shrimps, in the family Callianassidae. Three of the species in this genus Callianassa is a genus of mud shrimps, in the family Callianassidae. Three of the species...
, PestarellaPestarellaPestarella is a genus of thalassinidean crustacean erected in 2003 from former members of the genus Callianassa. It is distinguished from Callianassa by the rounded, rather than squarish telson, and by the absence of the first two pleopods in males...
and UpogebiaUpogebiaUpogebia is a genus of mud shrimp, in the family Upogebiidae, containing the following species:*Upogebia acanthops Williams, 1986*Upogebia acanthura *Upogebia acarinicauda Sakai, 2006*Upogebia aestuari Williams, 1993... - Corophium volutatorCorophium volutatorCorophium volutator, one of several organisms called mud shrimp, is a small amphipod of the family Corophiidae.It inhabits the upper layers of sand on the coasts of the Netherlands, Germany, the United Kingdom and France, as well as in the Bay of Fundy on the coasts of Nova Scotia and New...
, an amphipod of the North Atlantic - Species of Solenocera, a genus of prawns