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Naushon mud shrimp (Naushonia crangonoides) larva

Collected: June 2007, from just off the beach to 45 km off of Chincoteague, VA in 25m depths


Notes: Both the adults and larvae of this unusual burrowing shrimp are rarely encountered compared to the much more common ud shrimps "Callianassa" and Upogebia.

Collected by Dr. Julie Ambler, Millersville University, Millersville, PA.

Photographed by: Bill Johnson, Goucher College


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