Mud shrimp

Mud shrimp

The term mud shrimp is used for a number of different mud-dwelling crustaceans:


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  • ghost shrimp — noun 1. : a mud dwelling anomuran crustacean (Callianassa californiensis) with a long slender translucent body 2. : any of various crustaceans similar to the ghost shrimp * * * a shrimplike crustacean of the genus Callianassa, of the Pacific… …   Useful english dictionary

  • mantis shrimp — Squilla Squil la (skw[i^]l l[.a]), n.; pl. E. {Squillas} ( l[.a]z), L. {Squill[ae]} ( l[=e]). [L., a sea onion, also, a prawn or shrimp. See {Squill}.] (Zo[ o]l.) Any one of numerous stomapod crustaceans of the genus {Squilla} and allied genera.… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • Fairy shrimp — Fairy Fair y, a. 1. Of or pertaining to fairies. [1913 Webster] 2. Given by fairies; as, fairy money. Dryden. [1913 Webster] {Fairy bird} (Zo[ o]l.), the Euoropean little tern ({Sterna minuta}); called also {sea swallow}, and {hooded tern}.… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • hooded shrimp — ▪ malacostracan       any member of the order Cumacea (superorder Peracarida), a group of small, predominantly marine crustaceans immediately recognizable by their unusual body shape. The head and thorax are wide and rounded, in sharp contrast to …   Universalium

  • Upogebia — Taxobox | name = Upogebia image width = 240px image caption = Upogebia deltaura regnum = Animalia phylum = Arthropoda subphylum = Crustacea classis = Malacostraca ordo = Decapoda infraordo = Thalassinidea familia = Upogebiidae genus = Upogebia… …   Wikipedia

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