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Giant Ghost Shrimp

Neotrypaea gigas

Easily confused with

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Where it is recorded

Records by month in California.January 8, February 7, March 7, April 9, May 9, June 6, July 6, August 6, September 7, October 7, November 9, December 7.
United States110
California88
Canada17
Washington17
British Columbia17
Oregon5

Counts show where people looked, not only where it lives.

Traits

Physical

  • ExoskeletonHas a hard external skeletonFrom its classification

Classification

KingdomAnimals · Animalia
PhylumArthropods · Arthropoda
ClassMalacostracans · Malacostraca
OrderDecapods · Decapoda
FamilyGhost Shrimps · Callianassidae
GenusNeotrypaea

Sources

Remember the name next time.

Practise Giant Ghost Shrimp with real photos from different observers. Say the name out loud, and it comes back just before you would forget it.