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Metamysidopsis swifti (mysid "shrimp")

Collected: Assateague, VA, 500 m from shore using an epibenthic sled fitted with plankton net, 365 micrometer mesh.5/03

Notes: Metamysidopsis is relatively uncommon in collections off of Assateague. Only a few specimens have been caught.

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Collected by: Bill Johnson, Goucher College.

Identified by: Dennis Allen, University of South Carolinae.


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