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Middle Atlantic Bight

Applicable Field Guides
Atlantic Coast of the USA
Also Known As
New York/New Jersey Bight
Included Within
Atlantic coast of United States
Approximate Coordinates
40.217269°N, 73.402133°W
A purple fiddler crab (local) or a blue fiddler crab surrounded by a dashed circle (regional) indicates the coordinates used to represent this location; yellow fiddler crabs indicate all sublocations contained within this location; a skull and crossbones indicates fossil-only locations or sub-locations; and red circles with an x indicate false or mistaken locations.

Currently Recognized Species

Names Which Have Been Used for This Area

References

Jones & Epifanio (2005), O'Connor & Epifanio (1985)†, Shanks (1998)†, Smyth (1980), Vorsatz (2009)†

Entries marked with † represent indirect references to location through citation. Entries marked with ‡ represent potential inhabitants inferred from species ranges.