Eyes Under Puget Sound: Critter of the Month - Ghost Shrimp

Fall’s chill is in the air (finally!), leaves are turning colors, and skeletons and spider webs are popping up in yards all over town. Meanwhile, under the mud of Puget Sound, there’s a strange critter that stays in its ethereal costume all year long – the burrowing ghost shrimp.

Neotrypaea californiensis, the bay ghost shrimp. Image courtesy of Dave Cowles (wallawalla.edu)
Neotrypaea californiensis, the bay ghost shrimp. Image courtesy of Dave Cowles (wallawalla.edu)

Title

If the spirit moves (mud): The burrowing ghost shrimp

Date Published

 October 24, 2022
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Author(s)

Burgess, Dany; Washington State Department of Ecology
Description

The Washington State Department of Ecology’s Marine Sediment Monitoring Team produces a monthly blog series, Eyes Under Puget Sound (EUPS), that focuses on different aspects of Puget Sound Sediment monitoring program work, including Critter of the Month. Articles from the series offer a peek into the life of Puget Sound's mud-dwelling invertebrates.
Keywords EUPS, Eyes Under Puget Sound, Critter of the Month, Puget Sound
About the Author: 
Dany Burgess is a benthic taxonomist with the Washington State Department of Ecology's Marine Sediment Monitoring Program.

About this article

Article Type:
Species accounts
Author:
Dany Burgess
External Publication Source:
Washington State Department of Ecology's ECOconnect: Critter of the Month
Originally Published:
October 2022
Posted in EoPS:
10/25/2022
Tags:
Eyes Under Puget Sound, Species and food webs, Invertebrates, Food web, Monitoring