Carnivorous critter id

[sixty_reefer]

Just wondering if anyone know what these are, they seem to be carnivorous and predator as I’ve seen some of my amphipods dead and they’re body full of these critters, am also pretty sure they have killed the mollusk in the video.

 

[gilman]

Iso pods . They clean up dead decaying see life . Im sure they didn’t kill that mollusk

 

[sixty_reefer]

Iso pods . They clean up dead decaying see life . Im sure they didn’t kill that mollusk

They more of a sea flea kind off critter

 

[KJ]

Ostracod.

 

[TheShrimpNibbler]

Ostracod.

That’s what it looks like to me as well.

 

[sixty_reefer]

Ostracod.

thanks for the id, can’t find much info on the little bugs on saltwater are they the same as freshwater?

 

[AlexG]

They do look like ostracods but would need to see them under a stereo microscope to confirm. Have you ever watched your tank at night for bioluminescence? Some species of marine ostracods are bioluminescent.