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Eurytemora affinis female

(calanoid copepod)

Collected: Middle River, Upper Chesapeake Bay. March 2005 using a 153 micrometer mesh net towed at the surface.

153 15/03

Notes: Eurytemora affinis is common in winter/spring in lower salinities in both Atlantic and Gulf estuaries. It may be dominant at times.

 

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Collected by Marilyn Yorgey , Goucher College

Photographed and s ubmitted by: W. S. Johnson, Goucher College, Towson, MD .


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