Callianopsis goniophthalma  (Slope Ghost Shrimp)

© Aaron Baldwin (Photo ID #2079)

Photographer's Submitted Details

Photo Location	Chthatham Straits, SE Alaska
Photographer	Aaron Baldwin
Habitat	Deep subtidal in mud
Photo Date
Upload Date	October 18, 2007
Elevation (m)
Latitude
Longitude
Photo ID #	2079
Comments	This very rarely encountered species probably burrows in deep mud below 400 meters. This specimen was collected by by what is close to a miracle! It was in a glob of mud on the weight on the end of a deep water (blackcod) longline set at 500 fathoms. The shrimp somehow remained attached through the entire water column as the line was pulled!