TIMES RECORD • June 5, 2020
Tide pool creatures are not the best at social distancing. One particularly strange species is particularly bad at this practice. They gather in large numbers and like to stick to each other as well as just about everything else. You may not have ever noticed them before because, although they may be there in great numbers, they are perfectly camouflaged among thread-like seaweeds and other tiny plants and animals. Perhaps that’s why they are sometimes called “ghost” shrimp. More commonly, they are known as skeleton shrimp. ~ Susan Olcott