Specimen Information

Gammarus tigrinus
Gammarus tigrinus
(tiger scud)
Crustaceans-Amphipods
Native Transplant

Specimen ID1713579
GroupCrustaceans-Amphipods
GenusGammarus
Speciestigrinus
Common Nametiger scud
StateSC
CountyBerkeley
LocalityCooper River, off the mouth of the Back River, near Bushy Park Boat Landing
Mapping AccuracyAccurate
HUC8 NameCooper
HUC8 Number03050201
HUC10 NameCooper River
HUC10 Number0305020107
HUC12 NameUpper Cooper River
HUC12 Number030502010705
Map
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Collection Day1
Collection Month7
Collection Year1989
Year AccuracyActual
Commentsthe number of specimens was not entered, because thousands of individuals were collected by otter trawl among masses of Elodea from the bottom in 8m water depth specimens were collected very near the border between Berkeley and Charleston Counties Year of collection is precise, month and day are approximated No image is provided, since the species profile image was previously supplied by this reporter
Record TypeNAS sighting report
VerifierDavid Knott
Freshwater/MarineFreshwater
Number Collected1000s


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