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Two new species of sand burrowing amphipod crustaceans from Long Island sound and the New York Bight (Amphipoda: Haustoriidae)

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Acanthohaustorius bousfieldi n. sp. andA. similis n. sp. (Amphipoda: Haustoriidae) are described from the offshore bottom sands of the New York Bight and Long Island Sound regions.

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    Ann B. Frame

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Frame, A.B. Two new species of sand burrowing amphipod crustaceans from Long Island sound and the New York Bight (Amphipoda: Haustoriidae). Estuaries 3, 75–83 (1980). https://doi.org/10.2307/1351550

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