Distinguishing Characteristics |
Body elongate, lobster-like (abdomen dorsoventrally compressed); color pink to orangish with whitish translucent legs and abdominal fan, claw pinkish; one enlarged wide claw, fingers narrow and curved, leaving a space between them; other claw narrow, long but shorter than major claw, fingers narrow, about 1/3 the length of the cheliped; rostrum short, pointed, over 1/2 the length of the eye; 1st abdominal segment (the one that attaches to the carapace) narrow, hour-glass shaped; inner appendage (endopod) of tail fan (uropod) only slightly longer than wide and about the same length as the telson (hard middle section of tail fan).. |
Similar Species |
Estuarine ghost shrimp differs from the broadspine ghost shrimp by having a spine on either side of rostrum (anterior lateral border of head) and a telson distinctly shorter than the endopods of the tail fan. Other ghost shrimp have a shorter rostrum (<1/4 of eyestalk) and endopods that are 3-4 times longer than wide. |
Habitat |
Gulf and bay, prefer muddy bottoms |
Maximum Size |
unknown |
Other Common Names |
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Previous Scientific Names |
Callianassa latispina |
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