- Bass yabby
Taxobox | name = Bass yabby
regnum =Animal ia
phylum =Arthropod a
subphylum = Crustacea
classis =Malacostraca
ordo =Decapoda
infraordo =Thalassinidea
familia =Callianassidae
genus = "Trypaea"
genus_authority = Dana, 1852
species = "T. australiensis"
binomial = "Trypaea australiensis"
binomial_authority = Dana, 1852The Bass yabby ("Trypaea australiensis") is a common species of
Thalassinidea (mud shrimp) in south-eastern Australia [cite web |url = http://www.deh.gov.au/cgi-bin/abrs/fauna/details.pl?pstrVol=MALACOSTRACA;pstrTaxa=7723;pstrChecklistMode=1 | title = Australian Faunal Directory: "Trypaea australiensis" | author = Australian Department of the Environment and Heritage |accessdate = 5 May |accessyear = 2006] , the only species in the genus "Trypaea" [ITIS|ID=552836|taxon="Trypaea"] .The Bass yabby is a popular bait used live or frozen to catch bass fish by Australians, and is widely used as a bait for
bream inPort Phillip Bay , Victoria.Fact|date=August 2007References
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