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Upogebia affinis

(mud shrimp, zoea V or VI)

Collected: 5 km off of Assateague, Va in April, 2005 using an epibenthic sled (363 um mesh) towed just above the botton in 8-9m depths.

153 15/03
Notes: Early Upogebia larvae resemble Palaemonetes, but the later stages are distinctive, especially the spination pattern on the telson

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Collected and submitted by W. S. Johnson, Goucher College, Towson, MD

 

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