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Corophium sp. (gammarid amphipod)

Collected: Spring, 2004 in the Chesapeake Bay, MD ,using an epibenthic sled (363 micrometer mesh)


Notes: Gammarid amphipods are typically benthic, but many, like Corophium, undertake periodic sojourns in to the plankton

Collected by: Marilyn Yorgey, Goucher College

Submitted by: W. S. Johnson
Goucher College


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