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Hemimysis anomala
(bloody red shrimp)

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Crustaceans-Mysids
Exotic to United States

Specimen ID	238923
Group	Crustaceans-Mysids
Genus	Hemimysis
Species	anomala
Common Name	bloody red shrimp
State	IL
County	Cook
Locality	Lake Michigan, 1 nautical mile offshore of Jackson Harbor [Chicago area] depth 7m.
HUC8 Name	Lake Michigan
HUC8 Number	4060200
Latitude	41.7898333
Longitude	-87.55805
Lat-Long Source	GPS
Lat-Long Accuracy	accurate
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Day	31
Month	7 (July)
Year	2007
Year Accuracy (Specimen)	Actual
Contact	[not displayed for privacy reasons]
Primary Pathway	shipping ballast water
Status	established
Comments	Only 1 specimen observed in the July 31 samples. A second specimen picked up in samples taken 1.3mi south on July 24.
Record Type	Personal communication
Disposal	preserved in ethanol
Verifier	IL NHS
Fresh/Marine Introduction	Freshwater
Number Collected/Observed	2

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