New Zealand Seashore

DSC_5018 Ghost shrimp (Biffarius filholi) gravid female entering burrow. 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 *

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DSC_5018 Ghost shrimp (Biffarius filholi) gravid female entering burrow. 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 *

ghost shrimp 5018 Biffarius Callianassa filholi gravid eggs young female excavating burrow Papanui Inlet Otago Peninsula