Location: 5 km offshore from Chincoteague, VA. Depths of 5-7 meters. Caught just above the bottom using an epibenthic sled (363 micrometer mesh).

Notes: One of the most common crab zoea collected off of Chincoteague and over a wide salinity range in the Chesapeake Bay.

There are a half dozen or more common mud crab species along the Atlantic and Gulf coasts. Dyspanopeus had a long dorsal spine and a long rostrum. The rostrum (here curved a bit to the front) is flanked by a pair of long antennules.

Collected and photographed by: W. S. Johnson
Goucher College