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Noun: skeleton shrimp  ske-lu-tun shrimp
  1. Small amphipod crustacean having a grotesque form suggestive of the praying mantis; found chiefly on seaweed

Type of: amphipod

Part of: Caprella, genus Caprella

Encyclopedia: Skeleton shrimp