New Zealand Seashore

DSC_1975 Skeleton shrimp (Caprella sp.) gravid female in hydroid on brown seaweed. Tiny amphipods, characterized by slender bodies and elongated appendages. Their skeletal appearance gives rise to the common name. Quarantine Point, Otago Harbour *

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DSC_1975 Skeleton shrimp (Caprella sp.) gravid female in hydroid on brown seaweed. Tiny amphipods, characterized by slender bodies and elongated appendages. Their skeletal appearance gives rise to the common name. Quarantine Point, Otago Harbour *

DSC 1975 Skeleton shrimp caprella Caprellidae gravid female hydroid Quarantine Point Otago Harbour