Synopioidea Dana 1852

Ampelisca mississippiana (preserved specimens)Paratypes from the National Museum of Natural History Invertebrate Zoology Collections.

Byblis serrata. Woods Hole.

Ampelisca compressa. Near Woods Hole.

Figure 1. Ampelisca malakalensissp. n., male.

Figure 2.Ampelisca brevicornis (Costa), female (UKMMZ-1454), 4.8 mm. Renggis, Pulau Tioman. Scales for G1, G2, P4, P7 represent 0.5 mm; HD scale = 0.2 mm.

Ampelisca mississippiana (preserved specimens)Paratypes from the National Museum of Natural History Invertebrate Zoology Collections.

Figure 2. Ampelisca malakalensis sp. n., male.

The type locality of Ampelisca mississippiana, near the Deepwater Horizon incident site in the Gulf of MexicoNASA satellite image of the Gulf of Mexico Oil slick acquired May 17, 2010 at 16:40 UTC. Note the location of the type locality of Ampelisca mississippiana in Mississippi Canyon (28 32' N, 89 49' W), near the western edge of the slick.Modified from: Flickr: Oil Slick in the Gulf of Mexico May 17th View [Close Up] (NASA Goddard Space Flight Center)

Figure 3. Byblis levis sp. n., female.

Figure 4. Byblis levissp. n., female.

USNM 1499054 - Specimen Image; Field number: SERCINVERT2365

USNM 1499056 - Specimen Image; Field number: SERCINVERT2367

USNM 1499057 - Specimen Image; Field number: SERCINVERT2368

USNM 1499055 - Specimen Image; Field number: SERCINVERT2366

Lateral view, wet specimen

Dorsal view, wet specimen

Dorsal view, wet specimen

Lateral view, wet specimen

Dorsal view, wet specimen

Lateral view, wet specimen

Lateral view, wet specimen

Dorsal view, wet specimen

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