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Bay Ghost Shrimp
Neotrypaea californiensis
28 photos
Study shows up to four per card, from different observers, so you learn the species rather than one picture. Heart the good ones and swap any you do not like.
Photos you add are credited to you, and you keep the copyright.
Easily confused with
Blue Mud ShrimpUpogebia pugettensis
Tidepool Ghost ShrimpNeotrypaea biffari
Giant Ghost ShrimpNeotrypaea gigas
Grey WhaleEschrichtius robustus
Dungeness CrabMetacarcinus magister
Burrow Pea CrabScleroplax granulata
red copepodClausidium vancouverense
Ghost shrimp isopodIone cornuta
Study checks a spoken answer against these, and tells you which one you named.
Where it is recorded
| United States | 2,447 |
|---|---|
| Washington | 2,200 |
| Canada | 734 |
| British Columbia | 734 |
| California | 219 |
| Oregon | 28 |
| Mexico | 1 |
| Baja California Sur | 1 |
Counts show where people looked, not only where it lives.
Traits
Physical
- ExoskeletonHas a hard external skeletonFrom its classification
Classification
| Kingdom | Animals · Animalia |
|---|---|
| Phylum | Arthropods · Arthropoda |
| Class | Malacostracans · Malacostraca |
| Order | Decapods · Decapoda |
| Family | Ghost Shrimps · Callianassidae |
| Genus | Neotrypaea |
Sources
- Names, taxonomy and observation counts: www.inaturalist.org
- Photos and recordings: the creator and source are on each one.
- How much to rely on each source
Remember the name next time.
Practise Bay Ghost Shrimp with real photos from different observers. Say the name out loud, and it comes back just before you would forget it.