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Howard et al., 
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Stickney et al., 
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Camp, 
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sp
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Dorjes &amp; Howard, 
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, 
<specimenCode box="[1121,1321,505,531]" pageId="2" pageNumber="3">
USNM 
<number pageId="2" pageNumber="3" value="1001722.25">
1001722, 
<collectingDate box="[264,411,545,571]" pageId="2" pageNumber="3" value="1994-01-25">
<date box="[264,411,545,571]" pageId="2" pageNumber="3" value="1994-01-25">
25 Jan 
<number box="[350,411,545,571]" pageId="2" pageNumber="3" value="1994.0">1994</number>
</date>
</collectingDate>
</number>
</specimenCode>
, coll. 
<collectorName box="[485,599,545,571]" pageId="2" pageNumber="3">Jan Boyd</collectorName>
</materialsCitation>
; 
<materialsCitation ID-GBIF-Occurrence="3056544302" collectingDate="1992-01-05" collectionCode="USNM" collectorName="David Hard" pageId="2" pageNumber="3" specimenCode="USNM 1001723" specimenCount="11" specimenCount-female="1" specimenCount-male="10">
collection Bbc­ 
<number box="[803,832,545,571]" pageId="2" pageNumber="3" value="50.0">50</number>
ovigerous 
<specimenCount box="[965,1056,545,571]" pageId="2" pageNumber="3" type="female">females</specimenCount>
and 
<specimenCount box="[1116,1225,545,571]" pageId="2" pageNumber="3" type="male">
<number box="[1116,1145,545,571]" pageId="2" pageNumber="3" value="10.0">10</number>
males
</specimenCount>
, 
<specimenCode pageId="2" pageNumber="3">
USNM 
<number box="[264,367,585,611]" pageId="2" pageNumber="3" value="1001723.0">1001723</number>
</specimenCode>
, type locality, coll. 
<collectorName box="[632,777,585,611]" pageId="2" pageNumber="3">David Hard</collectorName>
, 0 
<date box="[810,950,585,611]" pageId="2" pageNumber="3" value="1992-01-05">
<collectingDate box="[810,950,585,611]" pageId="2" pageNumber="3" value="1992-01-05">
<number box="[810,824,585,611]" pageId="2" pageNumber="3" value="5.0">5</number>
Jan 
<number box="[888,950,585,611]" pageId="2" pageNumber="3" value="1992.0">1992</number>
</collectingDate>
</date>
</materialsCitation>
; 
<materialsCitation ID-GBIF-Occurrence="3056544304" collectionCode="GCRL" collectorName="David Hard" pageId="2" pageNumber="3" specimenCode="GCRL 2031" specimenCount="10" specimenCount-female="1" specimenCount-male="9">
collection Bbd­ 
<number box="[1166,1195,585,611]" pageId="2" pageNumber="3" value="45.0">45</number>
ovigerous 
<specimenCount box="[264,355,625,651]" pageId="2" pageNumber="3" type="female">females</specimenCount>
and 
<specimenCount box="[426,526,625,651]" pageId="2" pageNumber="3" type="male">
<number box="[426,441,625,651]" pageId="2" pageNumber="3" value="9.0">9</number>
males
</specimenCount>
, 
<specimenCode box="[545,699,625,651]" pageId="2" pageNumber="3">
GCRL 
<number box="[637,699,625,651]" pageId="2" pageNumber="3" value="2031.0">2031</number>
</specimenCode>
, coll. 
<collectorName box="[782,930,625,651]" pageId="2" pageNumber="3">David Hard</collectorName>
</materialsCitation>
.– 
<materialsCitation ID-GBIF-Occurrence="3056544313" collectingDate="1991-03" collectionCode="USNM" collectorName="R. W. Heard" location="Lake Pontchartrain" pageId="2" pageNumber="3" specimenCode="USNM 1001724" specimenCount="1" specimenCount-female="1" stateProvince="Louisiana">
<emphasis bold="true" box="[961,1085,625,651]" pageId="2" pageNumber="3">
<collectingRegion box="[961,1085,625,651]" pageId="2" pageNumber="3">Louisiana</collectingRegion>
</emphasis>
: collection LPa­ 
<number box="[1308,1322,625,651]" pageId="2" pageNumber="3" value="5.0">5</number>
ovigerous 
<specimenCount box="[388,482,665,691]" pageId="2" pageNumber="3" type="female">females</specimenCount>
, 5.0 ­ 7.0 mm, 
<specimenCode box="[663,862,665,691]" pageId="2" pageNumber="3">
USNM 
<number box="[756,862,665,691]" pageId="2" pageNumber="3" value="1001724.0">1001724</number>
</specimenCode>
, 
<location LSID="urn:lsid:plazi:treatment:387D87B3FF8AFF80FEAD626AFC233157:B50B607EFF89FF88FCCF669DFBAF3699" box="[874,1102,665,691]" name="Lake Pontchartrain" pageId="2" pageNumber="3" stateProvince="Louisiana">Lake Pontchartrain</location>
, 
<location LSID="urn:lsid:plazi:treatment:387D87B3FF8AFF80FEAD626AFC233157:B50B607EFF89FF88FBFF669DFAC63699" box="[1114,1319,665,691]" name="Tchefuncta River" pageId="2" pageNumber="3" stateProvince="Louisiana">Tchefuncta River</location>
, 
<date box="[264,415,705,731]" pageId="2" pageNumber="3" value="1991-03">
<collectingDate box="[264,415,705,731]" pageId="2" pageNumber="3" value="1991-03">
March 
<number box="[354,415,705,731]" pageId="2" pageNumber="3" value="1991.0">1991</number>
</collectingDate>
</date>
, salinity 0.0 ppt, coll. 
<collectorName box="[717,864,705,731]" pageId="2" pageNumber="3">R.W. Heard</collectorName>
</materialsCitation>
.– 
<materialsCitation ID-GBIF-Occurrence="3056544307" collectingDate="1988-05-14" collectionCode="USNM" collectorName="R. W. Heard" location="Sapelo Island" pageId="2" pageNumber="3" specimenCode="USNM 1001725" specimenCount="1" specimenCount-female="1" stateProvince="Georgia">
<collectingRegion box="[895,996,705,731]" pageId="2" pageNumber="3">
<emphasis bold="true" box="[895,996,705,731]" pageId="2" pageNumber="3">Georgia</emphasis>
</collectingRegion>
: collection SIa­ ovigerous 
<specimenCount box="[264,347,745,771]" pageId="2" pageNumber="3" type="female">female</specimenCount>
, 
<quantity box="[360,455,745,771]" metricMagnitude="-3" metricUnit="m" metricValue="3.5" pageId="2" pageNumber="3" unit="mm" value="3.5">3.5 mm</quantity>
, 
<specimenCode box="[468,668,745,771]" pageId="2" pageNumber="3">
USNM 
<number box="[562,668,745,771]" pageId="2" pageNumber="3" value="1001725.0">1001725</number>
</specimenCode>
, 
<location LSID="urn:lsid:plazi:treatment:387D87B3FF8AFF80FEAD626AFC233157:B50B607EFF89FF88FD0C66EDFCAD3729" box="[681,844,745,771]" name="Sapelo Island" pageId="2" pageNumber="3" stateProvince="Georgia">Sapelo Island</location>
, 
<date box="[857,1019,745,771]" pageId="2" pageNumber="3" value="1988-05-14">
<collectingDate box="[857,1019,745,771]" pageId="2" pageNumber="3" value="1988-05-14">
<number box="[857,886,745,771]" pageId="2" pageNumber="3" value="14.0">14</number>
May 
<number box="[958,1019,745,771]" pageId="2" pageNumber="3" value="1988.0">1988</number>
</collectingDate>
</date>
, coll. 
<collectorName box="[1093,1239,745,771]" pageId="2" pageNumber="3">R.W. Heard</collectorName>
</materialsCitation>
.­ 
<materialsCitation ID-GBIF-Occurrence="3056544311" collectedFrom="roadside park at the north base of the bridge causeway, sand substratum, mesohaline conditions" collectingDate="1991-01-25" collectionCode="USNM" collectorName="R. W. Heard" location="Pensacola Bay" pageId="2" pageNumber="3" specimenCode="USNM 1001726" specimenCount="1" specimenCount-female="1" stateProvince="Florida">
<emphasis bold="true" pageId="2" pageNumber="3">
<collectingRegion pageId="2" pageNumber="3">Florida</collectingRegion>
</emphasis>
: collection PBa­ ovigerous 
<specimenCount box="[628,708,785,811]" pageId="2" pageNumber="3" type="female">female</specimenCount>
, 
<quantity box="[729,821,785,811]" metricMagnitude="-3" metricUnit="m" metricValue="5.5" pageId="2" pageNumber="3" unit="mm" value="5.5">5.5 mm</quantity>
, 
<specimenCode box="[832,1030,785,811]" pageId="2" pageNumber="3">
USNM 
<number box="[924,1030,785,811]" pageId="2" pageNumber="3" value="1001726.0">1001726</number>
</specimenCode>
, 
<location LSID="urn:lsid:plazi:treatment:387D87B3FF8AFF80FEAD626AFC233157:B50B607EFF89FF88FBB46715FB5D3701" box="[1041,1212,785,811]" name="Pensacola Bay" pageId="2" pageNumber="3" stateProvince="Florida">Pensacola Bay</location>
, 
<collectedFrom pageId="2" pageNumber="3">roadside park at the north base of the bridge causeway</collectedFrom>
, depth 1.5 meters, 
<collectedFrom pageId="2" pageNumber="3">sand substratum, mesohaline conditions</collectedFrom>
, coll. 
<collectorName box="[511,653,865,891]" pageId="2" pageNumber="3">R.W. Heard</collectorName>
, 
<date box="[673,818,865,891]" pageId="2" pageNumber="3" value="1991-01-25">
<collectingDate box="[673,818,865,891]" pageId="2" pageNumber="3" value="1991-01-25">
<number box="[673,702,865,891]" pageId="2" pageNumber="3" value="25.0">25</number>
Jan 
<number box="[756,818,865,891]" pageId="2" pageNumber="3" value="1991.0">1991</number>
</collectingDate>
</date>
</materialsCitation>
. 
<materialsCitation ID-GBIF-Occurrence="3056544312" collectingDate="1993-11-29" collectionCode="USNM" collectorName="J. M. Foster" location="St. Andrew Bay" municipality="Sulphur Point at Hathaway Bridge" pageId="2" pageNumber="3" specimenCode="USNM 1001727, USNM 1001728" specimenCount="2" specimenCount-female="1" specimenCount-male="1">
SBa­ 
<number box="[904,933,865,891]" pageId="2" pageNumber="3" value="10.0">10</number>
ovigerous 
<specimenCount box="[1064,1158,865,891]" pageId="2" pageNumber="3" type="female">females</specimenCount>
, 5.0 ­ 
<quantity box="[1231,1321,865,891]" metricMagnitude="-3" metricUnit="m" metricValue="6.5" pageId="2" pageNumber="3" unit="mm" value="6.5">6.5 mm</quantity>
<specimenCode box="[264,462,905,931]" pageId="2" pageNumber="3">
USNM 
<number box="[357,462,905,931]" pageId="2" pageNumber="3" value="1001727.0">1001727</number>
</specimenCode>
, SBb­ 
<specimenCount box="[542,602,905,931]" pageId="2" pageNumber="3" type="male">male</specimenCount>
, 5.0 mm, 
<specimenCode box="[719,918,905,931]" pageId="2" pageNumber="3">
USNM 
<number box="[812,959,905,931]" pageId="2" pageNumber="3" value="1001728.29">
1001728, 
<collectingDate box="[930,1086,905,931]" pageId="2" pageNumber="3" value="1993-11-29">
<date box="[930,1086,905,931]" pageId="2" pageNumber="3" value="1993-11-29">
29 Nov 
<number box="[1025,1086,905,931]" pageId="2" pageNumber="3" value="1993.0">1993</number>
</date>
</collectingDate>
</number>
</specimenCode>
, sandy sediments, &lt;1.0 meter, 
<collectingMunicipality box="[388,795,945,971]" pageId="2" pageNumber="3">Sulphur Point at Hathaway Bridge</collectingMunicipality>
, 
<location LSID="urn:lsid:plazi:treatment:387D87B3FF8AFF80FEAD626AFC233157:B50B607EFF89FF88FC8267B5FC0537E1" box="[807,996,945,971]" municipality="Sulphur Point at Hathaway Bridge" name="St. Andrew Bay" pageId="2" pageNumber="3">St. Andrew Bay</location>
, coll. 
<collectorName box="[1066,1208,945,971]" pageId="2" pageNumber="3">J. M. Foster</collectorName>
</materialsCitation>
.
</paragraph>
<paragraph blockId="2.[264,1326,345,1891]" pageId="2" pageNumber="3">
<emphasis box="[312,616,986,1011]" italics="true" pageId="2" pageNumber="3">Other materials examined</emphasis>
: 
<materialsCitation ID-GBIF-Occurrence="3056544305" collectedFrom="muddy, shelly-sand substratum" collectingDate="1976-02-26" collectionCode="NMCC" collectorName="E. L. Bousfield" location="Courtney Campbell Causeway" municipality="Tampa Bay" pageId="2" pageNumber="3" specimenCount="1" stateProvince="Florida">
[? 
<taxonomicName authorityName="Foster &amp; Heard" authorityYear="2002" box="[668,925,986,1011]" class="Malacostraca" family="Oedicerotidae" genus="Ameroculodes" kingdom="Animalia" order="Amphipoda" pageId="2" pageNumber="3" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="miltoni">
<emphasis box="[668,925,986,1011]" italics="true" pageId="2" pageNumber="3">Ameroculodes miltoni</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
] 
<collectionCode box="[941,1028,985,1011]" pageId="2" pageNumber="3">NMCC</collectionCode>
acc # 
<number box="[1102,1161,985,1011]" pageId="2" pageNumber="3" value="1991.0">1991</number>
­ 
<number box="[1169,1272,985,1011]" pageId="2" pageNumber="3" value="1902.26">
1902, 
<collectingDate pageId="2" pageNumber="3" value="1976-02-26">
<date pageId="2" pageNumber="3" value="1976-02-26">
26 Feb 
<number box="[264,325,1025,1051]" pageId="2" pageNumber="3" value="1976.0">1976</number>
</date>
</collectingDate>
</number>
, 
<location LSID="urn:lsid:plazi:treatment:387D87B3FF8AFF80FEAD626AFC233157:B50B607EFF89FF88FEF46005FD583031" box="[337,697,1025,1051]" municipality="Tampa Bay" name="Courtney Campbell Causeway" pageId="2" pageNumber="3" stateProvince="Florida">Courtney Campbell Causeway</location>
, 
<collectingMunicipality box="[708,843,1025,1051]" pageId="2" pageNumber="3">Tampa Bay</collectingMunicipality>
, 
<collectingRegion box="[855,943,1025,1051]" pageId="2" pageNumber="3">Florida</collectingRegion>
, 
<collectedFrom box="[954,1321,1025,1051]" pageId="2" pageNumber="3">muddy, shelly­sand substratum</collectedFrom>
, coll. 
<collectorName box="[326,514,1065,1091]" pageId="2" pageNumber="3">E. L. Bousfield</collectorName>
</materialsCitation>
; 
<materialsCitation ID-GBIF-Occurrence="3056544314" collectedFrom="subtidal sand" collectingDate="1976-02-05" collectionCode="NMCC" collectorName="E. L. Bousfield" location="Florida" pageId="2" pageNumber="3" specimenCount="4" specimenCount-female="3" specimenCount-male="1" stateProvince="Florida">
<specimenCount box="[528,613,1065,1091]" pageId="2" pageNumber="3" type="male">
<number box="[528,543,1065,1091]" pageId="2" pageNumber="3" value="1.0">1</number>
male
</specimenCount>
, 
<specimenCount box="[627,735,1065,1091]" pageId="2" pageNumber="3" type="female">
<number box="[627,642,1065,1091]" pageId="2" pageNumber="3" value="3.0">3</number>
female
</specimenCount>
, 
<collectionCode box="[749,835,1065,1091]" pageId="2" pageNumber="3">NMCC</collectionCode>
acc # 
<number box="[919,979,1065,1091]" pageId="2" pageNumber="3" value="1991.0">1991</number>
­ 
<number box="[987,1049,1065,1091]" pageId="2" pageNumber="3" value="1905.0">1905</number>
, 0 
<date box="[1079,1217,1065,1091]" pageId="2" pageNumber="3" value="1976-02-05">
<collectingDate box="[1079,1217,1065,1091]" pageId="2" pageNumber="3" value="1976-02-05">
<number box="[1079,1093,1065,1091]" pageId="2" pageNumber="3" value="5.0">5</number>
Feb 
<number box="[1156,1217,1065,1091]" pageId="2" pageNumber="3" value="1976.0">1976</number>
</collectingDate>
</date>
, 
<collectedFrom pageId="2" pageNumber="3">subtidal sand</collectedFrom>
, Panacea, 
<collectingRegion box="[453,541,1105,1131]" pageId="2" pageNumber="3">Florida</collectingRegion>
, coll. 
<collectorName box="[621,818,1105,1131]" pageId="2" pageNumber="3">E. L. Bousfield</collectorName>
</materialsCitation>
;. 
<materialsCitation ID-GBIF-Occurrence="3056544310" collectionCode="AMNH" collectorName="K. Gosner" location="Swan Point" municipality="Swan Point" pageId="2" pageNumber="3" specimenCode="AMNH 16578" specimenCount="3" specimenCount-female="3" stateProvince="New Jersey">
<specimenCount box="[838,955,1105,1131]" pageId="2" pageNumber="3" type="female">
<number box="[838,853,1105,1131]" pageId="2" pageNumber="3" value="3.0">3</number>
females
</specimenCount>
<emphasis box="[966,984,1106,1131]" italics="true" pageId="2" pageNumber="3">A</emphasis>
. nr. 
<taxonomicName authorityName="Foster &amp; Heard" authorityYear="2002" box="[1045,1129,1106,1131]" class="Malacostraca" family="Oedicerotidae" genus="Ameroculodes" kingdom="Animalia" order="Amphipoda" pageId="2" pageNumber="3" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="miltoni">
<emphasis box="[1045,1129,1106,1131]" italics="true" pageId="2" pageNumber="3">miltoni</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
<specimenCode box="[1141,1318,1105,1131]" pageId="2" pageNumber="3">
AMNH 
<number box="[1242,1318,1105,1131]" pageId="2" pageNumber="3" value="16578.0">16578</number>
</specimenCode>
, 
<collectingMunicipality box="[264,402,1145,1171]" pageId="2" pageNumber="3">Swan Point</collectingMunicipality>
, 
<collectingRegion box="[413,550,1145,1171]" pageId="2" pageNumber="3">New Jersey</collectingRegion>
, coll. 
<collectorName box="[621,743,1145,1171]" pageId="2" pageNumber="3">K. Gosner</collectorName>
</materialsCitation>
.
</paragraph>
<paragraph blockId="2.[264,1326,345,1891]" pageId="2" pageNumber="3">
<emphasis box="[312,702,1186,1211]" italics="true" pageId="2" pageNumber="3">Comparative materials examined</emphasis>
: 
<materialsCitation ID-GBIF-Occurrence="3056544309" collectionCode="USNM" collectorName="V. N. Edwards" location="Woods Hole" pageId="2" pageNumber="3" specimenCode="USNM 29243" specimenCount="1" specimenCount-male="1" stateProvince="MA" typeStatus="holotype">
<typeStatus box="[718,830,1185,1211]" pageId="2" pageNumber="3">Holotype</typeStatus>
, 
<taxonomicName authorityName="Bousfield and Chevrier" authorityYear="1996" box="[842,1009,1186,1211]" class="Malacostraca" family="Oedicerotidae" genus="Ameroculodes" kingdom="Animalia" order="Amphipoda" pageId="2" pageNumber="3" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="genus">
<emphasis box="[842,1009,1186,1211]" italics="true" pageId="2" pageNumber="3">Ameroculodes</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
(= 
<taxonomicName authorityName="Foster &amp; Heard" authorityYear="2002" box="[1042,1200,1186,1211]" class="Malacostraca" family="Oedicerotidae" genus="Monoculodes" kingdom="Animalia" order="Amphipoda" pageId="2" pageNumber="3" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="genus">
<emphasis box="[1042,1200,1186,1211]" italics="true" pageId="2" pageNumber="3">Monoculodes</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
) 
<taxonomicName authority="(Holmes 1905)" authorityName="Holmes" authorityYear="1905" baseAuthorityName="Holmes" baseAuthorityYear="1905" class="Malacostraca" family="Oedicerotidae" genus="Ameroculodes" kingdom="Animalia" order="Amphipoda" pageId="2" pageNumber="3" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="edwardsi">
edwardsi (Holmes 
<number box="[374,436,1225,1251]" pageId="2" pageNumber="3" value="1905.0">1905</number>
)
</taxonomicName>
, 
<specimenCode box="[459,629,1225,1251]" pageId="2" pageNumber="3">
USNM 
<number box="[553,629,1225,1251]" pageId="2" pageNumber="3" value="29243.0">29243</number>
</specimenCode>
, 
<specimenCount box="[643,703,1225,1251]" pageId="2" pageNumber="3" type="male">male</specimenCount>
, 
<quantity box="[717,790,1225,1251]" metricMagnitude="-3" metricUnit="m" metricValue="9.0" pageId="2" pageNumber="3" unit="mm" value="9.0">9 mm</quantity>
, 
<location LSID="urn:lsid:plazi:treatment:387D87B3FF8AFF80FEAD626AFC233157:B50B607EFF89FF88FC8660CDFC5830C9" box="[803,953,1225,1251]" name="Woods Hole" pageId="2" pageNumber="3" stateProvince="MA">Woods Hole</location>
, 
<collectingRegion box="[967,1017,1225,1251]" pageId="2" pageNumber="3">MA</collectingRegion>
, coll. 
<collectorName box="[1091,1268,1225,1251]" pageId="2" pageNumber="3">
V. N. 
<taxonomicName authorityName="Holmes" authorityYear="1905" box="[1163,1268,1225,1251]" class="Malacostraca" family="Oedicerotidae" genus="Monoculodes" kingdom="Animalia" order="Amphipoda" pageId="2" pageNumber="2" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="edwards">Edwards</taxonomicName>
</collectorName>
</materialsCitation>
;– 
<materialsCitation ID-GBIF-Occurrence="3056544306" collectingDate="1960-02" collectionCode="USNM" location="York River" municipality="York River" pageId="2" pageNumber="3" specimenCode="USNM 107800" specimenCount="4" specimenCount-female="4" stateProvince="Virginia">
<taxonomicName baseAuthorityName="Holmes" baseAuthorityYear="1905" class="Malacostraca" family="Oedicerotidae" genus="Ameroculodes" kingdom="Animalia" order="Amphipoda" pageId="2" pageNumber="3" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="edwardsi">
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="2" pageNumber="3">A. edwardsi</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
, 
<specimenCount box="[387,505,1265,1291]" pageId="2" pageNumber="3" type="female">
<number box="[387,402,1265,1291]" pageId="2" pageNumber="3" value="4.0">4</number>
females
</specimenCount>
, 
<specimenCode box="[519,704,1265,1291]" pageId="2" pageNumber="3">
USNM 
<number box="[613,704,1265,1291]" pageId="2" pageNumber="3" value="107800.0">107800</number>
</specimenCode>
, 
<collectingMunicipality box="[717,850,1265,1291]" pageId="2" pageNumber="3">York River</collectingMunicipality>
, 
<collectingRegion box="[864,963,1265,1291]" pageId="2" pageNumber="3">Virginia</collectingRegion>
, 
<date box="[976,1099,1265,1291]" pageId="2" pageNumber="3" value="1960-02">
<collectingDate box="[976,1099,1265,1291]" pageId="2" pageNumber="3" value="1960-02">
Feb. 
<number box="[1036,1099,1265,1291]" pageId="2" pageNumber="3" value="1960.0">1960</number>
</collectingDate>
</date>
</materialsCitation>
;.– 
<materialsCitation ID-GBIF-Occurrence="3056544308" collectingDate="1962" collectionCode="USNM" collectorName="J. L. Barnard" location="California" pageId="2" pageNumber="3" specimenCode="USNM 106507, 109352, 108867" specimenCount="1" specimenCount-female="1" stateProvince="California">
<taxonomicName authority="Barnard, 1962" authorityName="Barnard" authorityYear="1962" class="Malacostraca" family="Oedicerotidae" genus="Ameroculodes" kingdom="Animalia" order="Amphipoda" pageId="2" pageNumber="3" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="emarginatus">
<emphasis box="[1143,1323,1266,1291]" italics="true" pageId="2" pageNumber="3">A. emarginatus</emphasis>
Barnard, 
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</taxonomicName>
, several 
<specimenCount box="[550,644,1305,1331]" pageId="2" pageNumber="3" type="female">females</specimenCount>
, 
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USNM 
<number box="[757,955,1305,1331]" pageId="2" pageNumber="3" value="106507.109352">
106507, 
<specimenCode box="[864,955,1305,1331]" pageId="2" pageNumber="3">109352</specimenCode>
</number>
</specimenCode>
, and 
<number box="[1025,1161,1305,1331]" pageId="2" pageNumber="3" value="108867.1">
<specimenCode box="[1025,1116,1305,1331]" pageId="2" pageNumber="3">108867</specimenCode>
, 10
</number>
­ 
<number box="[1195,1224,1305,1331]" pageId="2" pageNumber="3" value="20.0">20</number>
meters, Southern 
<collectingRegion box="[377,499,1345,1371]" pageId="2" pageNumber="3">California</collectingRegion>
, coll. 
<collectorName box="[570,726,1345,1371]" pageId="2" pageNumber="3">J. L. Barnard</collectorName>
</materialsCitation>
.
</paragraph>
</subSubSection>
<subSubSection pageId="2" pageNumber="3" type="diagnosis">
<paragraph blockId="2.[264,1326,345,1891]" pageId="2" pageNumber="3">
<emphasis box="[312,431,1386,1411]" italics="true" pageId="2" pageNumber="3">Diagnosis</emphasis>
– Postero­ventral epimeral plates 
<number box="[843,882,1385,1411]" pageId="2" pageNumber="3" value="2.0" valueMax="3.0" valueMin="1.0">1­3</number>
rounded; rostrum blunt, stout, short; uropod 
<number box="[355,370,1425,1451]" pageId="2" pageNumber="3" value="2.0">2</number>
with relatively few dorsal spines; telson rounded posteriorly.
</paragraph>
</subSubSection>
<subSubSection lastPageId="9" lastPageNumber="10" pageId="2" pageNumber="3" type="description">
<paragraph blockId="2.[264,1326,345,1891]" pageId="2" pageNumber="3">
<emphasis box="[312,450,1466,1491]" italics="true" pageId="2" pageNumber="3">Description</emphasis>
– adult female.– Head: rostrum blunt, moderately deflexed, slightly recurved, not reaching end of first peduncle article of antenna 
<number box="[1019,1034,1505,1531]" pageId="2" pageNumber="3" value="1.0">1</number>
, lateral lobe blunt; eyes dorsal, ommatida compact.
</paragraph>
<paragraph blockId="2.[264,1326,345,1891]" pageId="2" pageNumber="3">
<emphasis box="[312,460,1586,1611]" italics="true" pageId="2" pageNumber="3">Antenna one</emphasis>
(setation as illustrated) – longer than peduncle of antenna two; peduncle, article two longer than articles one or three; flagellum shorter than peduncle with eight articles, penultimate and antepenultimate articles bearing aesthetascs.
</paragraph>
<paragraph blockId="2.[264,1326,345,1891]" pageId="2" pageNumber="3">
<emphasis box="[312,432,1706,1731]" italics="true" pageId="2" pageNumber="3">
Antenna 
<number box="[417,432,1706,1731]" pageId="2" pageNumber="3" value="2.0">2</number>
</emphasis>
(setation as illustrated) – peduncle, article 
<number box="[939,954,1705,1731]" pageId="2" pageNumber="3" value="5.0">5</number>
equal to or slightly longer than 
<number box="[264,281,1745,1771]" pageId="2" pageNumber="3" value="4.0">4</number>
; flagellum shorter than peduncle, with 
<number box="[740,755,1745,1771]" pageId="2" pageNumber="3" value="7.0">7</number>
articles.
</paragraph>
<paragraph blockId="2.[264,1326,345,1891]" box="[312,1026,1785,1811]" pageId="2" pageNumber="3">
<emphasis box="[312,425,1786,1811]" italics="true" pageId="2" pageNumber="3">Upper lip</emphasis>
– ovate, slightly expanded distally, apically setose.
</paragraph>
<paragraph blockId="2.[264,1326,345,1891]" pageId="2" pageNumber="3">
<emphasis box="[312,425,1826,1851]" italics="true" pageId="2" pageNumber="3">Lower lip</emphasis>
– outer lobes laterally expanded, recurved posteriorly, medially and apically setose; inner lobe separate, smaller than outer, setose apically.
</paragraph>
<caption httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/155530/files/figure.png" pageId="3" pageNumber="4" targetBox="[318,1280,324,1814]" targetPageId="3">
<paragraph blockId="3.[264,1322,1841,1903]" pageId="3" pageNumber="4">
<emphasis bold="true" box="[264,389,1841,1865]" pageId="3" pageNumber="4">FIGURE 1</emphasis>
: 
<emphasis box="[405,647,1842,1865]" italics="true" pageId="3" pageNumber="4">
<taxonomicName authority="Foster &amp; Heard, 2002" authorityName="Foster &amp; Heard" authorityYear="2002" box="[405,643,1842,1865]" class="Malacostraca" family="Oedicerotidae" genus="Ameroculodes" kingdom="Animalia" order="Amphipoda" pageId="3" pageNumber="4" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="miltoni" status="n sp.">Ameroculodes miltoni</taxonomicName>
,
</emphasis>
<taxonomicNameLabel box="[655,708,1841,1864]" pageId="3" pageNumber="4" rank="species">n sp.</taxonomicNameLabel>
, paratype female BB­a, 4.5 mm (A) whole animal (B) head (C) head, antenna 1­1, female (D) paratype male BB­b, 5.0 mm ­ head, antenna 1­2 male
</paragraph>
</caption>
<paragraph blockId="4.[264,1324,284,550]" pageId="4" pageNumber="5">
<emphasis box="[312,424,284,309]" italics="true" pageId="4" pageNumber="5">Mandible</emphasis>
– Left mandible incisor process bearing 
<number box="[911,926,284,310]" pageId="4" pageNumber="5" value="4.0">4</number>
jagged teeth (
<number box="[1095,1108,284,310]" pageId="4" pageNumber="5" value="1.0">1</number>
depressed, blunt), 
<number box="[264,278,324,350]" pageId="4" pageNumber="5" value="4.0">4</number>
serrate spine­setae; lacinia mobilis with 
<number box="[767,781,324,350]" pageId="4" pageNumber="5" value="5.0">5</number>
teeth; molar process encircled with overlapping subacute cusps, triturative; palp, article 
<number box="[795,810,364,390]" pageId="4" pageNumber="5" value="2.0">2</number>
longest, twice length article 
<number box="[1153,1169,364,390]" pageId="4" pageNumber="5" value="3.0">3</number>
, with double row of long, distally tapered spine­setae, article 
<number box="[846,861,404,430]" pageId="4" pageNumber="5" value="3.0">3</number>
with row of 
<number box="[1022,1076,404,430]" pageId="4" pageNumber="5" value="9.0" valueMax="10.0" valueMin="8.0">8­10</number>
short spine­setae on distal half, with 
<number box="[454,469,444,470]" pageId="4" pageNumber="5" value="4.0">4</number>
long, simple terminal setae. Right mandible, incisor bicuspidate, bearing broad blade proximally; lacinia mobilis with several small, proximal teeth; 
<number box="[1210,1225,484,510]" pageId="4" pageNumber="5" value="5.0">5</number>
serrate, spine­setae present; molar and palp same as left mandible.
</paragraph>
<caption httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/155531/files/figure.png" pageId="4" pageNumber="5" targetBox="[294,1287,604,1496]" targetPageId="4">
<paragraph blockId="4.[264,1323,1522,1581]" pageId="4" pageNumber="5">
<emphasis bold="true" box="[264,389,1522,1546]" pageId="4" pageNumber="5">FIGURE 2</emphasis>
: 
<taxonomicName authority="Foster &amp; Heard, 2002" authorityName="Foster &amp; Heard" authorityYear="2002" box="[405,640,1523,1546]" class="Malacostraca" family="Oedicerotidae" genus="Ameroculodes" kingdom="Animalia" order="Amphipoda" pageId="4" pageNumber="5" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="miltoni" status="n. sp.">
<emphasis box="[405,640,1523,1546]" italics="true" pageId="4" pageNumber="5">Ameroculodes miltoni</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
<taxonomicNameLabel box="[649,709,1523,1546]" pageId="4" pageNumber="5" rank="species">n. sp.</taxonomicNameLabel>
, paratype female BB­a (A) mandibular palp, article 2­3 (B) left molar and incisor (C) right incisor (D) maxilla 1 (E) maxilliped (F) maxilla 2 (G) lower lip
</paragraph>
</caption>
<paragraph blockId="4.[264,1325,1632,1898]" pageId="4" pageNumber="5">
<emphasis box="[312,428,1633,1658]" italics="true" pageId="4" pageNumber="5">
Maxilla 
<number box="[413,428,1633,1658]" pageId="4" pageNumber="5" value="1.0">1</number>
</emphasis>
– Inner plate with 
<number box="[664,679,1632,1658]" pageId="4" pageNumber="5" value="2.0">2</number>
simple terminal setae, 
<number box="[955,965,1632,1658]" pageId="4" pageNumber="5" value="1.0">1</number>
finely plumose terminal seta, surface with very fine hair­like setae; outer plate with 
<number box="[920,935,1672,1698]" pageId="4" pageNumber="5" value="9.0">9</number>
terminal spines, 
<number box="[1142,1157,1672,1698]" pageId="4" pageNumber="5" value="3.0">3</number>
bifurcate distally, 
<number box="[329,344,1712,1738]" pageId="4" pageNumber="5" value="3.0">3</number>
serrate, 
<number box="[444,458,1712,1738]" pageId="4" pageNumber="5" value="3.0">3</number>
blunt; palp with terminal spines and setae.
</paragraph>
<paragraph blockId="4.[264,1325,1632,1898]" pageId="4" pageNumber="5">
<emphasis box="[312,425,1753,1778]" italics="true" pageId="4" pageNumber="5">
Maxilla 
<number box="[410,425,1753,1778]" pageId="4" pageNumber="5" value="2.0">2</number>
</emphasis>
– Inner and outer plates equal in length, each with 
<number box="[1026,1041,1752,1778]" pageId="4" pageNumber="5" value="2.0">2</number>
rows of terminal setae; inner plate with 
<number box="[463,478,1792,1818]" pageId="4" pageNumber="5" value="9.0">9</number>
strong setae, 
<number box="[638,653,1792,1818]" pageId="4" pageNumber="5" value="3.0">3</number>
bifurcate distally.
</paragraph>
<paragraph blockId="4.[264,1325,1632,1898]" lastBlockId="5.[264,1324,284,390]" lastPageId="5" lastPageNumber="6" pageId="4" pageNumber="5">
<emphasis box="[312,439,1833,1858]" italics="true" pageId="4" pageNumber="5">Maxilliped</emphasis>
– Inner plate slightly over half width of outer plate at widest point, with 
<number box="[1293,1322,1832,1858]" pageId="4" pageNumber="5" value="10.0">10</number>
distal spine­setae; outer plate large, not reaching end of palp article 
<number box="[1052,1069,1872,1898]" pageId="4" pageNumber="5" value="2.0">2</number>
, inner margin with 
<number box="[1295,1323,1872,1898]" pageId="4" pageNumber="5" value="11.0">11</number>
spines and several setae; palp article 
<number box="[712,727,284,310]" pageId="5" pageNumber="6" value="2.0">2</number>
truncate, widened distally, strong inner marginal, facial, and inner distal setae, article 
<number box="[708,723,324,350]" pageId="5" pageNumber="6" value="3.0">3</number>
short, terminal setae, with large, curved terminal claw about half length of article 
<number box="[645,662,364,390]" pageId="5" pageNumber="6" value="3.0">3</number>
.
</paragraph>
<caption httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/155532/files/figure.png" pageId="5" pageNumber="6" targetBox="[298,1285,438,1831]" targetPageId="5">
<paragraph blockId="5.[264,1322,1844,1902]" pageId="5" pageNumber="6">
<emphasis bold="true" box="[264,388,1844,1868]" pageId="5" pageNumber="6">FIGURE 3</emphasis>
: 
<taxonomicName authority="Foster &amp; Heard, 2002" authorityName="Foster &amp; Heard" authorityYear="2002" box="[403,637,1844,1867]" class="Malacostraca" family="Oedicerotidae" genus="Ameroculodes" kingdom="Animalia" order="Amphipoda" pageId="5" pageNumber="6" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="miltoni" status="n. sp.">
<emphasis box="[403,637,1844,1867]" italics="true" pageId="5" pageNumber="6">Ameroculodes miltoni</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
<taxonomicNameLabel box="[644,703,1844,1867]" pageId="5" pageNumber="6" rank="species">n. sp.</taxonomicNameLabel>
, paratype female BB­a (A) gnathopod 1 (B) gnathopod 2 (C) pereopod 3 (D) pereopod 4 (E) pereopod 5
</paragraph>
</caption>
<paragraph blockId="6.[264,1324,284,1870]" pageId="6" pageNumber="7">
<emphasis box="[312,467,284,309]" italics="true" pageId="6" pageNumber="7">
Gnathopod 
<number box="[452,467,284,309]" pageId="6" pageNumber="7" value="1.0">1</number>
</emphasis>
– Article 
<number box="[597,611,284,310]" pageId="6" pageNumber="7" value="2.0">2</number>
long, slender, with most marginal and facial setae clustered distally; articles 
<number box="[465,480,324,350]" pageId="6" pageNumber="7" value="3.0">3</number>
and 
<number box="[543,558,324,350]" pageId="6" pageNumber="7" value="4.0">4</number>
with posterior marginal setae; article 
<number box="[1023,1040,324,350]" pageId="6" pageNumber="7" value="5.0">5</number>
, carpal lobe 
<number box="[1200,1230,324,350]" pageId="6" pageNumber="7" value="44.0">44</number>
% (
<number pageId="6" pageNumber="7" value="46.0" valueMax="55.0" valueMin="37.0">37­ 55</number>
%) length of article 
<number box="[530,547,364,390]" pageId="6" pageNumber="7" value="6.0">6</number>
, barely reaching palmar angle of palm, with 
<number box="[1085,1100,364,390]" pageId="6" pageNumber="7" value="8.0">8</number>
posterior marginal and terminal spines and several simple setae; palm gently convex, with 
<number box="[1099,1114,404,430]" pageId="6" pageNumber="7" value="2.0">2</number>
rows of short and long setae on either side of finely serrate medial ridge, with strong spine at junction with posterior margin of article 
<number box="[585,602,484,510]" pageId="6" pageNumber="7" value="6.0">6</number>
; article 
<number box="[699,714,484,510]" pageId="6" pageNumber="7" value="7.0">7</number>
(dactyl) fitting palm, with 
<number box="[1040,1055,484,510]" pageId="6" pageNumber="7" value="8.0">8</number>
short, flattened spines on inner margin.
</paragraph>
<paragraph blockId="6.[264,1324,284,1870]" pageId="6" pageNumber="7">
<emphasis box="[312,467,564,589]" italics="true" pageId="6" pageNumber="7">
Gnathopod 
<number box="[452,467,564,589]" pageId="6" pageNumber="7" value="2.0">2</number>
</emphasis>
– Coxa with 
<number box="[626,640,564,590]" pageId="6" pageNumber="7" value="2.0">2</number>
posteromarginal spines and simple ventral setae; article 
<number box="[1309,1324,564,590]" pageId="6" pageNumber="7" value="2.0">2</number>
long, slender, with long, simple posterior and anterior marginal simple setae, articles 
<number box="[1259,1274,604,630]" pageId="6" pageNumber="7" value="3.0">3</number>
and 
<number box="[264,278,644,670]" pageId="6" pageNumber="7" value="4.0">4</number>
with posterior setae; article 
<number box="[612,626,644,670]" pageId="6" pageNumber="7" value="5.0">5</number>
with long, slender carpal lobe bearing long medial and terminal simple setae, with 
<number box="[562,577,684,710]" pageId="6" pageNumber="7" value="1.0">1</number>
short, stout terminal spine, lobe reaching or exceeding palmar angle of article 
<number box="[450,465,724,750]" pageId="6" pageNumber="7" value="6.0">6</number>
(
<number box="[482,580,724,750]" pageId="6" pageNumber="7" value="107.5" valueMax="115.0" valueMin="100.0">100­115</number>
%); article 
<number box="[721,735,724,750]" pageId="6" pageNumber="7" value="6.0">6</number>
longer and more narrow than article 
<number box="[1178,1193,724,750]" pageId="6" pageNumber="7" value="6.0">6</number>
of gnathopod 
<number box="[318,333,764,790]" pageId="6" pageNumber="7" value="1.0">1</number>
, palmar angle with stout spine, palmar margin bearing finely serrate medial ridge bearing rows of short and long simple setae on either; article 
<number box="[981,996,804,830]" pageId="6" pageNumber="7" value="7.0">7</number>
as in gnathopod 
<number box="[1196,1212,804,830]" pageId="6" pageNumber="7" value="1.0">1</number>
.
</paragraph>
<paragraph blockId="6.[264,1324,284,1870]" pageId="6" pageNumber="7">
<emphasis box="[312,451,844,869]" italics="true" pageId="6" pageNumber="7">
Pereopod 
<number box="[436,451,844,869]" pageId="6" pageNumber="7" value="3.0">3</number>
</emphasis>
– Coxa quadrate, with posterior and ventral setae, posterior setae thin, spine­like; oostegite longer and broader than coxal plate; article 
<number box="[1018,1035,884,910]" pageId="6" pageNumber="7" value="2.0">2</number>
, posterior margin with 
<number box="[1308,1323,884,910]" pageId="6" pageNumber="7" value="4.0">4</number>
clusters of long, thin simple setae, anterior margin with a large cluster of setae near anterodistal angle; article 
<number box="[500,515,964,990]" pageId="6" pageNumber="7" value="3.0">3</number>
short, with cluster of posterodistal setae; article 
<number box="[1097,1112,964,990]" pageId="6" pageNumber="7" value="4.0">4</number>
<number box="[1121,1152,964,990]" pageId="6" pageNumber="7" value="90.0">90</number>
% of length of article 
<number box="[346,363,1004,1030]" pageId="6" pageNumber="7" value="5.0">5</number>
, with numerous long, simple setae in rows and clusters on posterior and anterior margin and facially, posterior setae distally tapered; article expanded distally; article 
<number box="[1309,1324,1044,1070]" pageId="6" pageNumber="7" value="5.0">5</number>
strongly setose posteriorly, with long, distally curved setae, anterior and facial margins with thinner, simple setae; article 
<number box="[657,672,1124,1150]" pageId="6" pageNumber="7" value="6.0">6</number>
over half the length (
<number box="[920,991,1124,1150]" pageId="6" pageNumber="7" value="68.0" valueMax="75.0" valueMin="61.0">61­75</number>
%) of article 
<number box="[1141,1158,1124,1150]" pageId="6" pageNumber="7" value="5.0">5</number>
, anterior margin oblique, with several strong rows of long, distally curved setae, with a dense row of similar setae near posterior margin; article 
<number box="[772,789,1204,1230]" pageId="6" pageNumber="7" value="7.0">7</number>
, short, stout, with 
<number box="[1011,1025,1204,1230]" pageId="6" pageNumber="7" value="1.0">1</number>
accessory seta, one third length [
<number box="[352,384,1244,1270]" pageId="6" pageNumber="7" value="32.0">32</number>
% (
<number box="[424,497,1244,1270]" pageId="6" pageNumber="7" value="35.0" valueMax="43.0" valueMin="27.0">27­43</number>
%)] of article 
<number box="[657,674,1244,1270]" pageId="6" pageNumber="7" value="6.0">6</number>
.
</paragraph>
<paragraph blockId="6.[264,1324,284,1870]" pageId="6" pageNumber="7">
<emphasis box="[312,448,1284,1309]" italics="true" pageId="6" pageNumber="7">
Pereopod 
<number box="[433,448,1284,1309]" pageId="6" pageNumber="7" value="4.0">4</number>
</emphasis>
– Coxa broad, widened distally with distal marginal setae and with 
<number box="[1249,1264,1284,1310]" pageId="6" pageNumber="7" value="1.0">1</number>
long seta at posterodistal angle; article 
<number box="[675,690,1324,1350]" pageId="6" pageNumber="7" value="2.0">2</number>
shorter than coxal plate, with anterior, posterior and facial setae, with clusters of setae at anterodistal angle, distomesial area with several long plumed setae; article 
<number box="[515,530,1404,1430]" pageId="6" pageNumber="7" value="3.0">3</number>
with 
<number box="[597,612,1404,1430]" pageId="6" pageNumber="7" value="2.0">2</number>
anterodistal spines and one plumed setae; article 
<number box="[1196,1211,1404,1430]" pageId="6" pageNumber="7" value="4.0">4</number>
posterior margin with long, distally tapered setae, outer facial margin with 
<number box="[1043,1057,1444,1470]" pageId="6" pageNumber="7" value="3.0">3</number>
clusters of long setae, anterior margin without setae except for a large cluster of very long, tapered setae subdistally, length of article 
<number box="[529,544,1524,1550]" pageId="6" pageNumber="7" value="4.0">4</number>
subequal to article 
<number box="[780,797,1524,1550]" pageId="6" pageNumber="7" value="5.0">5</number>
; article 
<number box="[894,909,1524,1550]" pageId="6" pageNumber="7" value="5.0">5</number>
with dense posterior marginal and anterodistal setae, 
<number box="[480,495,1564,1590]" pageId="6" pageNumber="7" value="3.0">3</number>
facial setae; article 
<number box="[728,786,1564,1590]" pageId="6" pageNumber="7" value="6.75">6, 75</number>
% length (
<number box="[913,982,1564,1590]" pageId="6" pageNumber="7" value="75.5" valueMax="85.0" valueMin="66.0">66­85</number>
%) of article 
<number box="[1141,1158,1564,1590]" pageId="6" pageNumber="7" value="5.0">5</number>
, anterior margin with 
<number box="[368,383,1604,1630]" pageId="6" pageNumber="7" value="6.0">6</number>
rows of long, simple setae, posterior and facial margins with fewer, stouter, distally tapered setae; article 
<number box="[573,590,1644,1670]" pageId="6" pageNumber="7" value="7.0">7</number>
, short, stout, approximately one­third length of article 
<number box="[1241,1257,1644,1670]" pageId="6" pageNumber="7" value="6.0">6</number>
, with 
<number box="[264,278,1684,1710]" pageId="6" pageNumber="7" value="1.0">1</number>
short proximal seta.
</paragraph>
<paragraph blockId="6.[264,1324,284,1870]" lastBlockId="7.[264,1324,284,550]" lastPageId="7" lastPageNumber="8" pageId="6" pageNumber="7">
<emphasis box="[312,449,1724,1749]" italics="true" pageId="6" pageNumber="7">
Pereopod 
<number box="[434,449,1724,1749]" pageId="6" pageNumber="7" value="5.0">5</number>
</emphasis>
– Coxal plate wider than long, slightly bilobed distally with ventral and posterior marginal setae; gill plate shorter than coxa width; article 
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subovate, widened medially, tapering distally with two rows of simple, anteromarginal setae, posterior margin with submarginal row of long plumose, outer posterior margin with double row of simple setae; article 
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short with anterodistal setae; article 
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, posterior margin with 
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clusters of thin, simple and plumose marginal setae, posterodistal angle with clusters of longer, distally tapered setae, mesial anterodistal and posterodistal margins with a cluster or long plumed setae; article 
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, anterior margin with 
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stout, tapered setae, posterior margin with a posterodistal cluster of simple setae setae; article 
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longer than article 
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with 
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groups of setae on anterior margin, posterior margin with a 
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clusters of simple setae; article 
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short, stout, tapered distally, approximately half length of article 
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.
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<emphasis bold="true" box="[264,388,1680,1704]" pageId="7" pageNumber="8">FIGURE 4</emphasis>
: 
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<emphasis box="[404,638,1680,1703]" italics="true" pageId="7" pageNumber="8">Ameroculodes miltoni</emphasis>
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, paratype female BB­b (A) pereopod 6 (B) pereopod 7 (C) detail of article 6­7, gnathopod 2 (D) epimera 1­2­3
</paragraph>
</caption>
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Pereopod 
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</emphasis>
– Coxal plate about as wide as deep, posterior margin with 
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spines, distal margin and distal half of anterior margin with short setae; article 
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subovate, anterior margin, proximal half with simple setae, distal half with long plumed setae, outer surface with submarginal row of simple setae, posterior margin with short simple setae, with medial submarginal row of long plumose setae; article 
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, short, with anterodistal setae; article 
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posterior margin with simple setae increasing in length distally, with plumed setae distally, anterodistal angle with plumed and simple setae, anterior margin with simple setae; article 
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shorter than article 
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, with long, curved setae on posterodistal margin, anterior margin with simple setae; article 
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with long, tapered setae on posterior margin, sparse on anterior margin; article 
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short, stout, tapered distally, approximately half length of article 
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.
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Pereopod 
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</emphasis>
– Coxa short and wide with short posterior spines; article 
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, expanded posteriorly, posterior margin with short, thin spines, mesial surface with row of long plumose setae, anterior margins with 
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short spines; anterodistal angle with a cluster of 
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spines; article 
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with 
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strong anterodistal spines; article 
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, anterodistal angle with 
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spines, posterior margin with 
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clusters of spines, article 
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subequal to article 
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length, with 
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groups of 
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spines on posterior margin and 
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groups of 
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spines on anterior margin, anterodistal and posterodistal angles with spine clusters; article 
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subequal to article 
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length with 
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clusters of 
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anterior marginal spines, distal margin ringed with spines; article 
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subequal to article 
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length, anterior margin with 
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spine groups, distal margin with 
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long, plumose setae (often lost in preserved specimens).
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<emphasis box="[312,436,964,989]" italics="true" pageId="8" pageNumber="9">Oostegites</emphasis>
– Present on gnathopod 
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through pereopod 
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, densely setose marginally.
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<emphasis box="[312,498,1004,1029]" italics="true" pageId="8" pageNumber="9">Epimeral plates</emphasis>
– Epimeron 
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with gently curved ventral margins and corners, without setae; epimeron 
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ventral margin almost convex, broadly rounded posteriorly and anteriorly with submarginal setae; epimeron 
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, ventral margin straight, with marginal and submarginal setae, corners abruptly rounded.
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<emphasis box="[312,421,1164,1189]" italics="true" pageId="8" pageNumber="9">Pleopods</emphasis>
– Pleopods 
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of equal length, peduncle shorter than rami, with finely plumose marginal setae, simple facial setae, 
<number box="[768,783,1204,1230]" pageId="8" pageNumber="9" value="2.0">2</number>
retinacula (coupling hooks) distally on each peduncle, rami with 
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setose articles.
</paragraph>
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Uropod 
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</emphasis>
– Peduncle longer than rami, two proximoventral spines near articulation with urosome, one dorsodistal spine at the base of each ramus; outer margin with a row of 
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short spines, inner margin with 
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thin marginal spine­setae; inner ramus longer than outer, both with 
<number box="[456,495,1404,1430]" pageId="8" pageNumber="9" value="3.0" valueMax="4.0" valueMin="2.0">2­4</number>
marginal spine setae, inner margins of both rami minutely serrate, terminal spines absent.
</paragraph>
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<emphasis bold="true" box="[264,387,1839,1863]" pageId="8" pageNumber="9">FIGURE 5</emphasis>
: 
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<emphasis box="[401,629,1840,1863]" italics="true" pageId="8" pageNumber="9">
Americulodes 
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</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
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, paratype female BB­b (A) uropods 1­2­3, lateral view (B) telson
</paragraph>
</caption>
<paragraph blockId="9.[264,1323,284,790]" pageId="9" pageNumber="10">
<emphasis box="[312,430,284,309]" italics="true" pageId="9" pageNumber="10">
Uropod 
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</emphasis>
– Peduncle subequal to outer ramus in length, with 
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inner marginal spines, 
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outer marginal spines, outer distal margin with a short stout spine; inner ramus longer than outer, both rami with 
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marginal spines on both outer margins, inner margins of both rami minutely serrate, terminal spines absent.
</paragraph>
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<emphasis box="[312,424,444,469]" italics="true" pageId="9" pageNumber="10">
Uropod 
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</emphasis>
– Peduncle about half length of inner ramus, with several distal spines, inner ramus longer than outer with 
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marginal spines; outer ramus with 
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spine, terminal ramal spines absent.
</paragraph>
<paragraph blockId="9.[264,1323,284,790]" box="[312,1323,564,590]" pageId="9" pageNumber="10">
<emphasis box="[312,385,564,589]" italics="true" pageId="9" pageNumber="10">Telson</emphasis>
– Tapering to gently rounded distal margin with 
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posterodorsal marginal setae.
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<emphasis box="[312,444,604,629]" italics="true" pageId="9" pageNumber="10">Adult male</emphasis>
– Similar to female in most aspects, but distinctly smaller. Antenna 
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much longer than antenna 
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, with 
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articles bearing aesthetascs. Length of pereopod 
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relation to body length much longer in male than in female.
</paragraph>
</subSubSection>
<subSubSection pageId="9" pageNumber="10" type="etymology">
<paragraph blockId="9.[264,1323,284,790]" pageId="9" pageNumber="10">
<emphasis box="[312,438,724,749]" italics="true" pageId="9" pageNumber="10">Etymology</emphasis>
– This species is named in honor of the late Milton Foster, naturalist and father of the senior author.
</paragraph>
</subSubSection>
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<emphasis bold="true" box="[264,389,1614,1638]" pageId="9" pageNumber="10">FIGURE 6</emphasis>
: 
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<taxonomicName baseAuthorityName="Holmes" baseAuthorityYear="1905" box="[406,663,1615,1638]" class="Malacostraca" family="Oedicerotidae" genus="Ameroculodes" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" order="Amphipoda" pageId="9" pageNumber="10" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="edwardsi">
<emphasis box="[406,663,1615,1638]" italics="true" pageId="9" pageNumber="10">Ameroculodes edwardsi</emphasis>
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(Holmes, 1905)
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holotype, 9 mm, USNM 29243 (A) gnathopod 2 (B) gnathopod 1 (C) head, lateral (D) pereopod 3 (E) pereopod 6
</paragraph>
</caption>
<subSubSection lastPageId="10" lastPageNumber="11" pageId="9" pageNumber="10" type="discussion">
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<emphasis box="[312,415,1724,1749]" italics="true" pageId="9" pageNumber="10">Remarks</emphasis>
– In southeastern waters, 
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<emphasis box="[729,988,1724,1749]" italics="true" pageId="9" pageNumber="10">Ameroculodes miltoni</emphasis>
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has been confused with its distinctly larger relatives, 
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<emphasis box="[568,848,1764,1789]" italics="true" pageId="9" pageNumber="10">Ameroculodes edwardsi</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
and 
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<emphasis box="[910,1201,1764,1789]" italics="true" pageId="9" pageNumber="10">Deflexilodes intermedius</emphasis>
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, both reliably known only from the cold temperate waters of northeastern North 
<collectingCountry box="[1110,1211,1804,1830]" name="United States of America" pageId="9" pageNumber="10">America</collectingCountry>
(north of New 
<collectingCountry box="[328,406,1844,1870]" name="Jersey" pageId="9" pageNumber="10">Jersey</collectingCountry>
). Besides its much smaller size, 
<taxonomicName authorityName="Foster &amp; Heard" authorityYear="2002" box="[799,915,1844,1869]" class="Malacostraca" family="Oedicerotidae" genus="Ameroculodes" kingdom="Animalia" order="Amphipoda" pageId="9" pageNumber="10" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="miltoni">
<emphasis box="[799,915,1844,1869]" italics="true" pageId="9" pageNumber="10">A. miltoni</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
differs from 
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<emphasis box="[1073,1214,1844,1869]" italics="true" pageId="9" pageNumber="10">A. edwardsi</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
(see 
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Fig. 
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) by having the (
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) epimeral plates 
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rounded (quadrate in 
<taxonomicName baseAuthorityName="Holmes" baseAuthorityYear="1905" box="[1018,1160,284,309]" class="Malacostraca" family="Oedicerotidae" genus="Ameroculodes" kingdom="Animalia" order="Amphipoda" pageId="10" pageNumber="11" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="edwardsi">
<emphasis box="[1018,1160,284,309]" italics="true" pageId="10" pageNumber="11">A. edwardsi</emphasis>
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), (
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) rostrum blunt, stout, and short (more flattened and longer in 
<taxonomicName baseAuthorityName="Holmes" baseAuthorityYear="1905" box="[891,1032,324,349]" class="Malacostraca" family="Oedicerotidae" genus="Ameroculodes" kingdom="Animalia" order="Amphipoda" pageId="10" pageNumber="11" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="edwardsi">
<emphasis box="[891,1032,324,349]" italics="true" pageId="10" pageNumber="11">A. edwardsi</emphasis>
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), (
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) uropod 
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peduncle with larger and fewer dorsal spines (numerous smaller spines in 
<taxonomicName baseAuthorityName="Holmes" baseAuthorityYear="1905" box="[1026,1166,364,389]" class="Malacostraca" family="Oedicerotidae" genus="Ameroculodes" kingdom="Animalia" order="Amphipoda" pageId="10" pageNumber="11" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="edwardsi">
<emphasis box="[1026,1166,364,389]" italics="true" pageId="10" pageNumber="11">A. edwardsi</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
), and (
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) telson subovate and rounded posteriorly (truncate in 
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<emphasis box="[872,1014,404,429]" italics="true" pageId="10" pageNumber="11">A. edwardsi</emphasis>
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), (
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) basis of pereopod 
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relatively narrow (broad in 
<taxonomicName baseAuthorityName="Holmes" baseAuthorityYear="1905" box="[586,725,444,469]" class="Malacostraca" family="Oedicerotidae" genus="Ameroculodes" kingdom="Animalia" order="Amphipoda" pageId="10" pageNumber="11" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="edwardsi">
<emphasis box="[586,725,444,469]" italics="true" pageId="10" pageNumber="11">A. edwardsi</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
).
</paragraph>
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<taxonomicName baseAuthorityName="Shoemaker" baseAuthorityYear="1930" box="[312,605,484,509]" class="Malacostraca" family="Oedicerotidae" genus="Deflexilodes" kingdom="Animalia" order="Amphipoda" pageId="10" pageNumber="11" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="intermedius">
<emphasis box="[312,605,484,509]" italics="true" pageId="10" pageNumber="11">Deflexilodes intermedius</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
, like 
<taxonomicName authorityName="Foster &amp; Heard" authorityYear="2002" box="[674,791,484,509]" class="Malacostraca" family="Oedicerotidae" genus="Ameroculodes" kingdom="Animalia" order="Amphipoda" pageId="10" pageNumber="11" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="miltoni">
<emphasis box="[674,791,484,509]" italics="true" pageId="10" pageNumber="11">A. miltoni</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
, has rounded epimeral plates; it is, however, readily distinguished by the dactyls of the 
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rd and 
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th pereopods, which are well­developed and elongate (those of 
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<emphasis box="[538,661,572,597]" italics="true" pageId="10" pageNumber="11">A. miltoni</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
are reduced and short).
</paragraph>
<paragraph blockId="10.[264,1324,284,1405]" pageId="10" pageNumber="11">
In the northern Gulf of 
<collectingCountry box="[607,700,612,638]" name="Mexico" pageId="10" pageNumber="11">Mexico</collectingCountry>
, 
<taxonomicName authorityName="Foster &amp; Heard" authorityYear="2002" box="[715,976,612,637]" class="Malacostraca" family="Oedicerotidae" genus="Ameroculodes" kingdom="Animalia" order="Amphipoda" pageId="10" pageNumber="11" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="miltoni">
<emphasis box="[715,976,612,637]" italics="true" pageId="10" pageNumber="11">Ameroculodes miltoni</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
occasionally co­occurs with 
<taxonomicName authorityName="Bousfield &amp; Chevrier" authorityYear="1996" box="[264,423,652,677]" class="Malacostraca" family="Oedicerotidae" genus="Hartmanodes" kingdom="Animalia" order="Amphipoda" pageId="10" pageNumber="11" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="genus">
<emphasis box="[264,423,652,677]" italics="true" pageId="10" pageNumber="11">Hartmanodes</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
(= 
<taxonomicName authorityName="Foster &amp; Heard" authorityYear="2002" box="[465,623,652,677]" class="Malacostraca" family="Oedicerotidae" genus="Monoculodes" kingdom="Animalia" order="Amphipoda" pageId="10" pageNumber="11" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="genus">
<emphasis box="[465,623,652,677]" italics="true" pageId="10" pageNumber="11">Monoculodes</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
) 
<taxonomicName authority="(Shoemaker, 1933)" authorityName="Shoemaker" authorityYear="1933" baseAuthorityName="Shoemaker" baseAuthorityYear="1933" box="[641,925,652,678]" class="Malacostraca" family="Oedicerotidae" genus="Hartmanodes" kingdom="Animalia" order="Amphipoda" pageId="10" pageNumber="11" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="nyei">
<emphasis box="[641,690,652,677]" italics="true" pageId="10" pageNumber="11">nyei</emphasis>
(Shoemaker, 
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)
</taxonomicName>
. The two species are immediately distinguishable by the distinctly longer carpal lobes of gnathopods 
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and 
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and the longer more “hooked” rostrum of 
<taxonomicName baseAuthorityName="Shoemaker" baseAuthorityYear="1933" box="[586,672,732,757]" class="Malacostraca" family="Oedicerotidae" genus="Hartmanodes" kingdom="Animalia" order="Amphipoda" pageId="10" pageNumber="11" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="nyei">
<emphasis box="[586,672,732,757]" italics="true" pageId="10" pageNumber="11">H. nyei</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
, as well as by setation of the uropods and the shape of the telson. The only other shallow water oedicerotid known from the waters of the southeastern 
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, which occasionally co­occurs with 
<emphasis box="[943,1067,812,837]" italics="true" pageId="10" pageNumber="11">
<taxonomicName authorityName="Foster &amp; Heard" authorityYear="2002" box="[943,1062,812,837]" class="Malacostraca" family="Oedicerotidae" genus="Ameroculodes" kingdom="Animalia" order="Amphipoda" pageId="10" pageNumber="11" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="miltoni">A. miltoni</taxonomicName>
,
</emphasis>
is 
<taxonomicName authorityName="Bousfield &amp; Chevrier" authorityYear="1996" box="[1101,1288,812,837]" class="Malacostraca" family="Oedicerotidae" genus="Americhelidium" kingdom="Animalia" order="Amphipoda" pageId="10" pageNumber="11" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="genus">
<emphasis box="[1101,1288,812,837]" italics="true" pageId="10" pageNumber="11">Americhelidium</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
(= 
<emphasis box="[264,589,852,877]" italics="true" pageId="10" pageNumber="11">
<taxonomicName authorityName="G O Sars" authorityYear="1892" box="[264,423,852,877]" class="Malacostraca" family="Oedicerotidae" genus="Synchelidium" kingdom="Animalia" order="Amphipoda" pageId="10" pageNumber="11" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="genus">Synchelidium</taxonomicName>
) americanum
</emphasis>
(
<bibRefCitation author="Bousfield, E. L." box="[607,803,852,878]" pageId="10" pageNumber="11" refId="ref4622" refString="Bousfield, E. L. (1973) Shallow Water Gammaridean Amphipoda of New England. Ithaca, New York: Cornell University Press, Comstock Publishing Associates, 312 p." type="book" year="1973">
Bousfield, 
<number box="[740,803,852,878]" pageId="10" pageNumber="11" value="1973.0">1973</number>
</bibRefCitation>
). However, this species is characterized by having a chelate second gnathopod. Actually, 
<taxonomicName authorityName="Foster &amp; Heard" authorityYear="2002" box="[817,934,892,917]" class="Malacostraca" family="Oedicerotidae" genus="Ameroculodes" kingdom="Animalia" order="Amphipoda" pageId="10" pageNumber="11" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="miltoni">
<emphasis box="[817,934,892,917]" italics="true" pageId="10" pageNumber="11">A. miltoni</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
may have its closest affinities to the eastern Pacific species 
<taxonomicName box="[578,718,932,957]" class="Malacostraca" family="Oedicerotidae" genus="Americhelidium" kingdom="Animalia" order="Amphipoda" pageId="10" pageNumber="11" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="hartmani">
<emphasis box="[578,718,932,957]" italics="true" pageId="10" pageNumber="11">A. hartmani</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
and 
<taxonomicName authorityName="Barnard" authorityYear="1962" box="[775,954,932,957]" class="Malacostraca" family="Oedicerotidae" genus="Ameroculodes" kingdom="Animalia" order="Amphipoda" pageId="10" pageNumber="11" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="emarginatus">
<emphasis box="[775,954,932,957]" italics="true" pageId="10" pageNumber="11">A. emarginatus</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
.
</paragraph>
<paragraph blockId="10.[264,1324,284,1405]" pageId="10" pageNumber="11">
<emphasis box="[312,882,972,998]" italics="true" pageId="10" pageNumber="11">
Ecological observations – 
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</emphasis>
is normally associated with estuarine and coastal bay habitats in a wide range of salinities (&lt;
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°/ to 
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°/), occurring on medium to fine sand or sand­silt substrata. It appears to be an important bionomic component of estuaries of the northern Gulf of 
<collectingCountry box="[745,839,1099,1125]" name="Mexico" pageId="10" pageNumber="11">Mexico</collectingCountry>
. At its 
<typeStatus box="[933,984,1099,1125]" pageId="10" pageNumber="11">type</typeStatus>
locality, a shallow sand bottom adjacent to the Biloxi Lighthouse Pier, 
<taxonomicName authorityName="Foster &amp; Heard" authorityYear="2002" box="[799,917,1139,1164]" class="Malacostraca" family="Oedicerotidae" genus="Ameroculodes" kingdom="Animalia" order="Amphipoda" pageId="10" pageNumber="11" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="miltoni">
<emphasis box="[799,917,1139,1164]" italics="true" pageId="10" pageNumber="11">A. miltoni</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
is an important component in the diet of juvenile spot, 
<taxonomicName authority="Lacepede" authorityName="Lacepede" authorityYear="1802" box="[527,907,1179,1205]" class="Actinopterygii" family="Sciaenidae" genus="Leiostomus" kingdom="Animalia" order="Perciformes" pageId="10" pageNumber="11" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="xanthurus">
<emphasis box="[527,787,1179,1204]" italics="true" pageId="10" pageNumber="11">Leiostomus xanthurus</emphasis>
Lacèpéde
</taxonomicName>
during March, April, and May (R. 
<collectingCountry box="[264,339,1219,1245]" name="Heard Island and McDonald Islands" pageId="10" pageNumber="11">Heard</collectingCountry>
, per. obs.). Under the name “ 
<taxonomicName authorityName="Holmes" authorityYear="1905" box="[693,966,1219,1244]" class="Malacostraca" family="Oedicerotidae" genus="Monoculodes" kingdom="Animalia" order="Amphipoda" pageId="10" pageNumber="11" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="edwardsi">
<emphasis box="[693,966,1219,1244]" italics="true" pageId="10" pageNumber="11">Monoculodes edwardsi</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
” it also has been reported in the diets of other estuarine fishes (
<bibRefCitation author="Sikora, W. B. &amp; Heard, R. W. &amp; Dahlberg, M. D." box="[682,902,1259,1285]" pageId="10" pageNumber="11" pagination="513 - 525" refId="ref5219" refString="Sikora, W. B., Heard, R. W. &amp; Dahlberg, M. D. (1972) The occurrence and food habits of two species of hake, Urophycis regius and U. floridanus in Georgia estuaries. Transactions of the American Fisheries Society, 101, 513 - 525." type="journal article" year="1972">
Sikora et al. 
<number box="[841,902,1259,1285]" pageId="10" pageNumber="11" value="1972.0">1972</number>
</bibRefCitation>
, 
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Stickney et al. 
<number box="[1099,1237,1259,1285]" pageId="10" pageNumber="11" value="1974.1975">
1974, 
<bibRefCitation author="Stickney, R. R. &amp; Taylor, G. L. &amp; White, D. B." box="[1176,1237,1259,1285]" pageId="10" pageNumber="11" pagination="104 - 114" refId="ref5174" refString="Stickney, R. R., Taylor, G. L. &amp; White, D. B. (1975) Food habits of five species of young southeastern United States estuarine Sciaenidae. Chesapeake Science, 16, 104 - 114." type="journal article" year="1975">1975</bibRefCitation>
</number>
</bibRefCitation>
, 
<bibRefCitation author="Heard, R. W." pageId="10" pageNumber="11" pagination="20" refId="ref4838" refString="Heard, R. W. (1975) Feeding habits of white catfish in a Georgia estuary. Florida Scientist, 38, 20 - 28." type="journal article" year="1975">
<collectingCountry box="[1252,1324,1259,1285]" name="Heard Island and McDonald Islands" pageId="10" pageNumber="11">Heard</collectingCountry>
<number box="[264,327,1299,1325]" pageId="10" pageNumber="11" value="1975.0">1975</number>
</bibRefCitation>
). 
<taxonomicName authorityName="Foster &amp; Heard" authorityYear="2002" box="[353,615,1299,1324]" class="Malacostraca" family="Oedicerotidae" genus="Ameroculodes" kingdom="Animalia" order="Amphipoda" pageId="10" pageNumber="11" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="miltoni">
<emphasis box="[353,615,1299,1324]" italics="true" pageId="10" pageNumber="11">Ameroculodes miltoni</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
is an excellent swimmer and enters the water column at night. In 
<collectingCountry box="[383,477,1339,1365]" name="Georgia" pageId="10" pageNumber="11">Georgia</collectingCountry>
and Mississippi estuaries, it can represent an important part of the hypoplankton in night plankton tows (R. 
<collectingCountry box="[747,822,1379,1405]" name="Heard Island and McDonald Islands" pageId="10" pageNumber="11">Heard</collectingCountry>
, pers. obs.).
</paragraph>
</subSubSection>
</treatment>
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