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Tropical Fish Keeping Help and Advice => Fish Identification => Topic started by: kittenbloodcoffee on May 28, 2021, 02:15:48 PM

Title: Crustacean identification?
Post by: kittenbloodcoffee on May 28, 2021, 02:15:48 PM

Hi all,
Was just wondering if anyone could help me and a friend id this creature, it was found in a rock pool.
Many thanks
(Also it was put straight back in the same pool after the picture)

Title: Re: Crustacean identification?
Post by: Sue on May 28, 2021, 04:46:37 PM

I assume this was a rock pool filled with sea water?

I'm afraid I don't know much about marine creatures  :(

Title: Re: Crustacean identification?
Post by: kittenbloodcoffee on May 28, 2021, 05:46:26 PM

Yes it was, I’m seeking the answer because it looked different to krill and shrimp

Title: Re: Crustacean identification?
Post by: Matt on May 29, 2021, 09:34:44 PM

My best guess would be brown shrimp - in what ways did you believe it looked different to shrimp?

Title: Re: Crustacean identification?
Post by: Sue on May 30, 2021, 12:10:18 PM

It looks more like an insect larva of some description. It's those.....tenctacles, spikes, things..... sticking out of the head that give me that impression.