DSC_4551 Skeleton shrimp (Caprella sp.) tiny, characterized by slender bodies and elongated appendages. Their skeletal appearance gives rise to the common name. Blueskin Bay *
DSC_4542 Skeleton shrimp (Caprella sp.) tiny, characterized by slender bodies and elongated appendages. Their skeletal appearance gives rise to the common name. Blueskin Bay
DSC_1203 Mantis shrimp (Heterosquilla tricarinata) male (left), and female. Found throughout New Zealand on sandy or muddy intertidal flats living in deep burrows from mid to low tide. Most common on sheltered silty-sand shorelines, sometimes in association with sea grass beds. Otakau, Otago Harbour *