Trypaea australiensis, known as the (marine) yabby or ghost nipper in Australia, or as the one-arm bandit due to their occasional abnormally large arm,[1] and as the Australian ghost shrimp elsewhere,[2] is a common species of mud shrimp in south-eastern Australia,[2] and may be the only extant species in the genus Trypaea.

[3][4] T. australiensis is a popular bait used live or frozen by Australians targeting a range of species.

[5] It grows to a length of 6 centimetres (2.4 in) and lives in burrows in mudflats or sandbanks, especially in or near estuaries.

[6] One extant and two extinct species belong to the genus Trypaea:[7]

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