Three skeleton shrimp posing

Spooky, scary, caprellids
They do not have a spine
Gnathopods hold onto snacks
In the sea tonight

#skeletober #inktober #skeletonshrimp #doodle #caprellidae #crustacean #SciArt

#ワレカラ くん達が対決しているシーンを投稿してるお方がいた！　なかなか激しい。

#甲殻類 #Amphipod #skeletonshrimp

A type of skeleton shrimp. (Caprella penantis ?) It has slender, segmented body with orange-red markings. The first segment is head and the rest segments are thorax. The last thorax segment is followed by abdominal segment that is very small and almost inviisible. The head has 2 pairs of prominent antennae, small eyes, and a pair of smaller grasping appendages resembling a mantis' foreleg. Actually, the head is fused to the first thorax segment, so the next part with the bigger grasping appendages is the second thorax segment. Each of the third and fourth segments have a pair of paddle-shaped appendages. They are gills. The fifth to seventh segments have flexible appendages with claw-shaped tips. They help to cling to seaweed. In Japan, January 2017.

生わかめに付いていた生き物その１　#ワレカラ 。
#マルエラワレカラ　(Caprella penantis) かな？
世界中の #海 にいて、人間が食べる海藻によく棲んでいるらしい。　ワカメを洗ったらたくさん出てきて戦慄した。(甲殻アレルギーでなければ無害)

なんてなじみの無い形なんだ…ワンダー…

参考：「甲殻類図鑑」（「ねこのしっぽ」サイト内）
plankton.image.coocan.jp/Crustacea_in...

2017年1月撮影。
#自然観察 #甲殻類 #Amphipod #skeletonshrimp #CC0