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Wednesday, May 11, 2011
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I discovered this beastie in a worm tunnel in my aquarium a week ago. It sort of looks like an amphipod with eggs, but stays in the tunnel like a worm, only sliding up to the surface of the sand, then down again every so often.The legs at the top look like they belong to a spider. At the bottom end, almost transparent appendages flutter constantly, again like an amphipod or the shrimps. I think there may be more than one in the tunnel. They, or it, don't match any of the green amphipods in the tank; it's longer and thinner, and leggier.
I've been spending a few minutes every day since, trying to get a better photo, with no luck. I'll keep trying.
Help!
I've been spending a few minutes every day since, trying to get a better photo, with no luck. I'll keep trying.
Help!
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My guess is a ghost shrimp...but it looks a bit too "leggy" to be one. But what a great opportunity for study, with it being right up against the glass.
ReplyDeleteWow. I enlarged the picture and am amazed anew at your observations! Those legs are very difficult to see unless you know to look for them ... and I probably would have missed them completely!!!
ReplyDeleteI hope you figure out what they are, it would be very interesting to know!
My guess is amphipod, family Corophiidae, something like this Americorophium salmonis:
ReplyDeletehttp://bcbiodiversity.lifedesks.org/pages/19611/?lang=en
OMgosh my first thought when i expanded the pic was Greta Garbo was in there but upon further inspection i see it's really Michael Jackson!
ReplyDeleteSorry Suzannah for my goofiness.
Hugh (Rock Paper Lizard) posted this, which Blogger lost:
ReplyDeleteMy guess is amphipod, family Corophiidae, something like this Americorophium salmonis:
http://bcbiodiversity.lifedesks.org/pages/19611/?lang=en