Can Someone ID this?

[monster1197]

I have no idea what this is. Can anyone help ID this thing?

 

[splunty]

Is it super tiny (1mm or smaller)? It looks like the world's scariest Copepod.

 

[monster1197]

Is it super tiny (1mm or smaller)? It looks like the world's scariest Copepod.

It is like 3mm maybe but I agree it is scary.

 

[DaJMasta]

Looks like a baby cucumber to me. You may be able to get a more in focus picture with a little more distance to it, even if it's smaller in the image it should be a bit sharper.

Filter feeding cukes in particular have a bunch of feathery mouth appendages to grab food that other cukes don't, my guess is the feathery bits grow in as they get bigger.

 

[monster1197]

Looks like a baby cucumber to me. You may be able to get a more in focus picture with a little more distance to it, even if it's smaller in the image it should be a bit sharper.

Filter feeding cukes in particular have a bunch of feathery mouth appendages to grab food that other cukes don't, my guess is the feathery bits grow in as they get bigger.

 

[DaJMasta]

Oh it's got legs and antennae, then my vote is isopod. Not sure of genus or anything, but some isopods have those big curved appendages in the back.

Examples could be:
Ancinus spp
Gnorimosphaeroma spp

But I'm sure there are others. Found drawings vaguely similar of those two here: https://zookeys.pensoft.net/article/100390/

 

[OrchidMiss]

This is a good one for @ISpeakForTheSeas

 

[ISpeakForTheSeas]

I have no idea what this is. Can anyone help ID this thing?

That's a male Sphaeromatid Isopod - it's harmless/beneficial. (I actually thought it was cuke too until I saw the antennae and legs in the third pic and realized the "tentacles" were the isopod's tail).

 

[monster1197]

Oh it's got legs and antennae, then my vote is isopod. Not sure of genus or anything, but some isopods have those big curved appendages in the back.

Examples could be:
Ancinus spp
Gnorimosphaeroma spp

But I'm sure there are others. Found drawings vaguely similar of those two here: https://zookeys.pensoft.net/article/100390/

Maybe a Sphaeromatid? I didn't even know about isopods. Thanks!

 

[monster1197]

That's a male Sphaeromatid Isopod - it's harmless/beneficial. (I actually thought it was cuke too until I saw the antennae and legs in the third pic and realized the "tentacles" were the isopod's tail).

Thank you!

 

[KrisReef]

My eyes see a sea apple but I suspect I am Wrong and the picture doesn’t show the size of the creature as my brain sees it?

 

[monster1197]

Thank you all for the help with the ID. Super helpful -- Thanks!