Gilvossius tyrrhenus

Gilvossius tyrrhenus
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Malacostraca
Order: Decapoda
Suborder: Pleocyemata
Family: Callianassidae
Genus: Gilvossius
Species:
G. tyrrhenus
Binomial name
Gilvossius tyrrhenus
(Petagna, 1792)
Synonyms [1]
  • Callianassa laticauda Otto, 1821
  • Callianassa stebbingi Borradaile, 1903
  • Callianassa tyrrhena (Petagna, 1792)
  • Pestarella tyrrhena (Petagna, 1792)

Gilvossius tyrrhenus (formerly Pestarella tyrrhena) is a species of mud shrimp which grows to a length of 70 mm (2.8 in). It lives in burrows in shallow sandy parts of the sea-bed in the Mediterranean Sea and northern Atlantic Ocean. It is the most common thalassinidean in the Mediterranean,[2][needs update] and has been used as bait by fishermen for at least 200 years.[3]

  1. ^ Cédric d'Udekem d'Acoz (2003). "Pestarella tyrrhena (Petagna, 1792)". Crustikon – crustacean photographic website. Tromsø Museum – University of Tromsø. Archived from the original on January 29, 2008.
  2. ^ Nguyen Ngoc-Ho (2003). "European and Mediterranean Thalassinidea (Crustacea, Decapoda)" (PDF). Zoosystema. 25 (3): 439–555. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2006-11-19.
  3. ^ Cite error: The named reference MLW was invoked but never defined (see the help page).