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(gammarid amphipod, unidentified)

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


Notes: This female is brooding eggs (stained red with Rose Bengal) in her ventral brood pouch.

Collected by: Marilyn Yorgey, Goucher College

Submitted by: W. S. Johnson
Goucher College


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