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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Crustaceans (Crustacea) » Malacostracans (Malacostraca) » Marsupial Crustaceans (Peracarida) » Amphipods (Amphipoda) » Senticaudata » Unciolidae » Unciola
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Large Amphipod - Unciola
Copyright © 2015 Aaron Hunt

Large Amphipod - Unciola
Block Island, Washington County, Rhode Island, USA
May 16, 2015
Currently working on an ID but having trouble with this one. Help much appreciated. Found in salt marsh in very shallow flowing water.

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Contributed by Aaron Hunt on 17 May, 2015 - 12:04pm
Last updated 20 June, 2015 - 3:47pm

Unicola or Unciola?
WORMS has the latter, with the family being Unciolidae; Lowry & Myers also use this spelling.
… Chris Mallory, 15 September, 2015 - 9:24am login or register to post comments

 
Huh.
I guess I read it incorrectly the first time I saw the name and just never noticed my mistake. Thanks for pointing it out.
… Aaron Hunt, 15 September, 2015 - 4:35pm login or register to post comments

Moved
Moved from Amphipods.
… Aaron Hunt, 20 June, 2015 - 3:47pm login or register to post comments

Keyed to Unicola Say, 1818
Using this source and this source. Either U. irrorata or U. dissimilis.
… Aaron Hunt, 19 May, 2015 - 10:08am login or register to post comments

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