Trypaea

Trypaea australiensis
Trypaea australiensis
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Malacostraca
Order:	Decapoda
Suborder:	Pleocyemata
Family:	Callianassidae
Subfamily:	Callianassinae
Genus:	Trypaea Dana, 1852
Species:	T. australiensis
Binomial name
Trypaea australiensis Dana, 1852

Trypaea australiensis, known as the (marine) yabby or ghost nipper in Australia, or as the one-arm bandit due to their occasional abnormally large arm,^[1] and as the Australian ghost shrimp elsewhere,^[2] is a common species of mud shrimp in south-eastern Australia,^[2] and may be the only extant species in the genus Trypaea.^[3][4] T. australiensis is a popular bait used live or frozen by Australians targeting a range of species.^[5] It grows to a length of 6 centimetres (2.4 in) and lives in burrows in mudflats or sandbanks, especially in or near estuaries.^[6]

1. ^ "Fishnet | Library". Archived from the original on 8 May 2016. Retrieved 17 April 2016.
2. ^ ^{a b} "Species Trypaea australiensis Dana, 1852". Australian Faunal Directory. Department of the Environment, Water, Heritage and the Arts. 3 June 2010. Retrieved 6 July 2011.
3. ^ "Trypaea Dana, 1852". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 6 July 2011.
4. ^ Gary Poore (2010). "Trypaea Dana, 1852". World Register of Marine Species. Retrieved 6 July 2011.
5. ^ K. Rowling, A. Hegarty & M. Ives, ed. (2010). "Ghost nipper (Trypaea australiensis)". Status of Fisheries Resources in NSW 2008/09 (PDF). Cronulla: NSW Industry & Investment. pp. 143–144.
6. ^ "Trypaea australiensis Dana, 1852, Australian ghost shrimp". SeaLifeBase. 23 March 2010. Retrieved 6 July 2011.
7. ^ "WoRMS taxon details, Trypaea Dana, 1852". World Register of Marine Species. Retrieved 3 September 2023.

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