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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Crustaceans (Crustacea) » Malacostracans (Malacostraca) » Eucarida (Crabs, Crayfish, Shrimp, etc.) (Eucarida) » Crabs, Crayfishes, Lobsters, Prawns, and Shrimp (Decapoda) » Caridean shrimps (Caridea) » Crangonidae » Crangon » Crangon septemspinosa
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jumping shallow saltwater being - Crangon septemspinosa
Copyright © 2014 Sara Rall

jumping shallow saltwater being - Crangon septemspinosa
Brewster, Barnstable County, Massachusetts, USA
August 11, 2014
Hundreds (at least) of these inch-long things were in 1-4 inches of salt water over sandy "mudflats" of Cape Cod Bay, not far from small amounts of eelgrass, among hermit crabs, at low tide at dawn. They jumped (or flopped) vigorously out of the water as I walked by and often landed on my feet. I'm hoping for at least an order-level ID? but I realize the image is poor. Other individuals, same place and time:
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Contributed by Sara Rall on 15 August, 2014 - 5:57pm
Last updated 16 January, 2016 - 9:54pm

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I'm not sure these are all the same species. This one reminds me of a Sand Shrimp. That's just a guess though.
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