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Centropages typicus, female (copepod)

Collected: 5 km off of Assateague, Va in April, 2005 using an epibenthic sled (363 um mesh) towed just above the botton in 8-9m depths.

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Notes: (a) shows what appears to be a colony of stalked peritrich ciliates. These were common on C. typicus in this sample and have been noted on other copepods from time to time.

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Collected and submitted by W. S. Johnson, Goucher College, Towson, MD

 

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