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Upogebia pugettensis
(Blue Mud Shrimp)
© Aaron Baldwin (Photo ID #2080)
Photographer's Submitted Details
Photo Location
Sitka Sound, SE Alaska
Photographer
Aaron Baldwin
Habitat
Burrows in mud and sand
Photo Date
Upload Date
October 18, 2007
Elevation (m)
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Latitude
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Longitude
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Photo ID #
2080
Notes
The blue mud shrimp is very common in muddy and sandy areas, but difficult to extract from its deep burrows. They are sometimes encountered by clam diggers or exposed when overturning deeply buried rocks. I use a yabby pump, a suction device that extracts the shrimp and their associated commensals from the burrow. The bluish molts of these are sometimes found in the drift line.
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