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The ascidianAmaroucium constellatum inhabits the shallow coastal Sinepuxent and Chincoteague Bays and was found predominantly over mud, mud-oyster, oyster bottoms or on pilings and occasionally on the oyster drill,Urosalpinx cinerea, where moderate currents and salinities above 28 ppt prevail.A. constellatum was also noted on sand bottoms to a depth of five fathoms in coastal waters near Chincoteague, Virginia.
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Schwartz, F.J., Castagna, M. & Griffith, G. Comments on the abundance and ecology of the ascidianAmaroucium constellatum in Sinepuxent and Chincoteague Bays. Chesapeake Science 1, 197–199 (1960). https://doi.org/10.2307/1350398
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