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Tumidotheres maculatus (mussel pea crab zoea)

Location: 100 m offshore from Chincoteague, VA. Depths of 8-10 meters. Caught using an epibenthic sled (363 micrometer mesh). Summer 2009

Notes: Tumidotheres maculatus adults live commensally with mussels. The larvae are very similar to the clsoely related pea crabs in the genus Pinnixa but the telson is diagonstic

Click here to see a closeup of the posterior segments and telson .

Collected by: William S. Johnson, Goucher College

 

 

 

 

 

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