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Sphaeroma papillae
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Sphaeroma papillae
Billy Joel Park and Boat Ramp, Cold Spring Harbor, Suffolk County, New York, USA
January 1, 2021
Marked up to show the main identifiing features. There are only 3 specie of Sphaeromatids this far north, with Cassidinidea ovalis being ruled out by the uropod rami being the same length and Sphaeroma quadridentatum having a serrated margin to the uropod exopods and no bumps on the telson

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Contributed by Sequoia Wrens on 23 January, 2021 - 12:23am
Last updated 20 August, 2021 - 9:55pm

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