Tags: Crustacean.
Trypaea australiensis (known as the Australian ghost shrimp ghost nippers or marine yabby) is a common species of mud shrimp in south-eastern Australia the only species in the genus Trypaea. T. australiensis is a popular bait used live or frozen by Australians targeting a range of species. It grows to a length of 6 centimetres (2.4 in) and lives in burrows in mudflats or sandbanks especially in or near estuaries.
