Bass yabby

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Bass yabby
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Crustacea
Class: Malacostraca
Order: Decapoda
Infraorder: Thalassinidea
Family: Callianassidae
Genus: Trypaea
Dana, 1852
Species: T. australiensis
Binomial name
Trypaea australiensis
Dana, 1852

The Bass yabby (Trypaea australiensis) is a common species of Thalassinidea (mud shrimp) in south-eastern Australia [1], the only species in the genus Trypaea [2].

The Bass yabby is a popular bait used live or frozen to catch bass fish by Australians, and is widely used as a bait for bream in Port Phillip Bay, Victoria.[citation needed]

[edit] References

  1. ^ Australian Department of the Environment and Heritage. Australian Faunal Directory: Trypaea australiensis. Retrieved on 5 May 2006.
  2. ^ Trypaea (TSN 552836). Integrated Taxonomic Information System.
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