The Australian ghost shrimp, marine yabby, or ghost nipper (''Trypaea australiensis'') is a species of
ghost shrimp in the family
Callianassidae, found in Australia and the
Indo-West Pacific
The Indo-Pacific is a vast biogeographic region of Earth.
In a narrow sense, sometimes known as the Indo-West Pacific or Indo-Pacific Asia, it comprises the tropical waters of the Indian Ocean, the western and central Pacific Ocean, and the ...
region.
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They are bio-irrigators and bioturbators in estuarine sediments, and are widely harvested by recreational anglers as fishing bait.]
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Crustaceans described in 1852
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