| Trypaea australiensis | |
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| 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 |
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Trypaea australiensis (known as the Australian ghost shrimp, ghost nippers or marine yabby)[1] is a common species of mud shrimp in south-eastern Australia,[1] the only species in the genus Trypaea.[2][3] T. australiensis is a popular bait used live or frozen by Australians targeting a range of species.[4] It grows to a length of 6 centimetres (2.4 in) and lives in burrows in mudflats or sandbanks, especially in or near estuaries.[5]