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A Penn State Behrend student drops a net into Lake Erie while searching for Hemimysis anomala.

Kyle Deloe searchers for Hemimysis

Penn State Behrend student Kyle Deloe, a senior from Knox, lifts a net while searching for Hemimysis anomala in Lake Erie. He was part of a team that found the species for the first time in Pennsylvania.

A water sample from Lake Erie shows Hemimysis anomala, also known as the bloody red shrimp.

Hemimysis in water sample

A water sample from Lake Erie shows Hemimysis anomala, also known as the bloody red shrimp. The species had never been found in Pennsylvania waters.