New hitchhiker

[garagebrian]

New hitchhiker I found on my live rock yesterday:

I found this guy and he was nice enough to pose for a few pictures! It is the pink/red stick looking thing in the lower left of the first picture, basically it moves just like a walking stick would move on land. I think it is wounded, it has one front and one back "leg" and 3 legs on the right side with only one on the left.

I saw it eating detris and just walking along. Anybody know what this thing is?

 

[wade1]

Cool... see those off the coast here. They are a type of crustacean. Commonly called a Sea Spider. (Pycogonid)

http://www.divegallery.com/sea_spider.htm

http://www.wetwebmedia.com/pycnogonids.htm

Can we use your image in our hitchiker gallery we are putting together?

Wade

 

[garagebrian]

You can definitely use the image in the hitchiker gallery I'll see if he/she ever poses for a better picture. You have PM.

 

[SnowManSnow]

Man there are some strange things out there!

B

 

[Oceans Ferevh]

Neato!

 

[Anonymous]

Awesome find!

These guys are usually super tiny and super secretive.

Not to be confused with the more social and egomaniacal Caprellid amphipods...

"Don't call it a comeback, I been here for years!"

 

[Anonymous]

Really cool.

 

[spsmike]

What the common name....skeleton shrimp.