Mud shrimp - Callianassa sp.

This fuzzy Callianassa shrimp was taking advantage of a strong surge floating tufts of algae past his burrow. I watched as he used his huge sharp claws to pull many chunks of algae deep into his hole to be examined later for bits of food. Probably 50mm.

Posted 22 May 2011

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