DSC_9878 Ghost shrimp (Biffarius filholi) large clawed male. This delicately coloured little shrimp burrows in soft sand between low and high tide. It feeds on algae and diatoms which it removes from grains of sand in its burrow. Snell's Beach *
DSC_9895 Ghost shrimp (Biffarius filholi) detail of large claw on male. This delicately coloured little shrimp burrows in soft sand between low and high tide. It feeds on algae and diatoms which it removes from grains of sand in its burrow. Snell's Beach
DSC_5039 Ghost shrimp (Biffarius filholi) developing young on gravid female. This delicately coloured little shrimp burrows in soft sand between low and high tide. It feeds on algae and diatoms which it removes from grains of sand in its burrow. Papanui Inlet, Otago Peninsula
