Location: 5 km offshore from Chincoteague, VA. Depths of 5-7 meters. Caught using an epibenthic sled (363 micrometer mesh). Summer 2005 Notes: Collected all year but especially abundant in fall and winter.
Click here to see a closeup of the posterior segments and telson .
Click here to see a closeup of the anterior, showing the large claw disgnostic of this species.
Collected and submitted by: William S. Johnson, Goucher College