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Americamysis bigelowi (mysid)

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


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