Species
Neotrypaea californiensis (Bay ghost shrimp)
Neotrypaea californiensis. Photo: (c) Adam Huggins, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)
Neotrypaea californiensis (formerly Callianassa californiensis), the Bay ghost shrimp, is a species of ghost shrimp that lives on the Pacific coast of North America. It is a pale animal which grows to a length of 11.5 cm (4.5 in). One claw is bigger than the other, especially in males, and the enlarged claw is thought to have a function in mating. N. californiensis is a deposit feeder that lives in extensive burrow systems, and is responsible for high rates…
- Humboldt Life
- Kingdom: Animalia (Animals)
- Phylum: Arthropoda (Arthropods)
- Subphylum: Crustacea (Crustaceans)
- Superclass: Multicrustacea (Typical crustaceans)
- Class: Malacostraca (Malacostracans)
- Subclass: Eumalacostraca (Decapods, isopods, and allies)
- Superorder: Eucarida (Decapods and krill)
- Order: Decapoda (Decapods)
- Suborder: Pleocyemata (Crabs, lobsters, shrimps, and allies)
- Infraorder: Axiidea (Axiidean shrimps)
- Family: Callianassidae (Ghost shrimps)
- Genus: Neotrypaea
- Species: Neotrypaea californiensis (Bay ghost shrimp)
- Genus: Neotrypaea
- Family: Callianassidae (Ghost shrimps)
- Infraorder: Axiidea (Axiidean shrimps)
- Suborder: Pleocyemata (Crabs, lobsters, shrimps, and allies)
- Order: Decapoda (Decapods)
- Superorder: Eucarida (Decapods and krill)
- Subclass: Eumalacostraca (Decapods, isopods, and allies)
- Class: Malacostraca (Malacostracans)
- Superclass: Multicrustacea (Typical crustaceans)
- Subphylum: Crustacea (Crustaceans)
- Phylum: Arthropoda (Arthropods)
- Kingdom: Animalia (Animals)


