Stratefyte Posted February 5, 2016 Report Share Posted February 5, 2016 I started working at a local fish market (the opposite of what I do at home) and we found this kind of crustacean in the body of a grouper we received in a delivery... the creature has been put in a jar and preserved at the local university (FGCU). Anyway we kind of have a bet as to who can figure out what it is first. Help me win this bet shimp family!! You guys never let me down. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jynn Posted February 5, 2016 Report Share Posted February 5, 2016 Do you have a picture or something? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stratefyte Posted February 5, 2016 Author Report Share Posted February 5, 2016 This is the creature I speak of. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jadenlea Posted February 5, 2016 Report Share Posted February 5, 2016 Its a Gigantic tick that someone pulled off their dog and through into the ocean thinking it would die but nothing kills those things so it just grew and grew until a fish ate it!! Let me know if we win Vpier, Vshrimp and jem_xxiii 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stratefyte Posted February 5, 2016 Author Report Share Posted February 5, 2016 Haha that's funny because I calley it a "sea tick" but I really do hope someone knows what this is... everyone is baffled. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pokeshrimp Posted February 5, 2016 Report Share Posted February 5, 2016 Is it one of those things that eat the tounge of the fish and takes its place? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stratefyte Posted February 5, 2016 Author Report Share Posted February 5, 2016 Not sure if that's a joke pokeshrimp but I have never heard of that Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pokeshrimp Posted February 5, 2016 Report Share Posted February 5, 2016 Oh its real, lol. I remember watching it on the Netflix, it was a documentary about unusual creatures or something. It takes the place of the tongue and steals the food of the host fish. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jynn Posted February 5, 2016 Report Share Posted February 5, 2016 It is NOT a tongue eating louse, those things look more like roly polys. Unfortunately, i've got no clue what it IS. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jem_xxiii Posted February 5, 2016 Report Share Posted February 5, 2016 It is NOT a tongue eating louse, those things look more like roly polys. Unfortunately, i've got no clue what it IS. so it is NOT IS... lol That thing does look like a giant tick. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jadenlea Posted February 5, 2016 Report Share Posted February 5, 2016 I dunno, it kinda looks like it Shrimpie and jimko 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stratefyte Posted February 5, 2016 Author Report Share Posted February 5, 2016 Maybe it's an undiscovered species Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ctaylor3737 Posted February 5, 2016 Report Share Posted February 5, 2016 Looks interesting the least. Sent from my SM-G900V using Tapatalk Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SOTG402 Posted February 5, 2016 Report Share Posted February 5, 2016 I dunno, it kinda looks like it yay shrimps to the rescue haha. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
35ppt Posted February 5, 2016 Report Share Posted February 5, 2016 Looks interesting the least. Sent from my SM-G900V using Tapatalk kinda wish I hadn't looked at it, actually Pika and Shrimpie 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shrimpie Posted February 5, 2016 Report Share Posted February 5, 2016 Yah - that thing is pretty gross, that tongue eating louse! Kinda wish I hadn't watched it before bedtime. Jadenlea 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Soothing Shrimp Posted February 5, 2016 Report Share Posted February 5, 2016 Kinda looks like a yeti crab. I've seen them in white, but not brown. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Soothing Shrimp Posted February 5, 2016 Report Share Posted February 5, 2016 http://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2015-06/p-fso061815.php Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wygglz Posted February 5, 2016 Report Share Posted February 5, 2016 Leave it to Soothing! Looks right to me. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stratefyte Posted February 5, 2016 Author Report Share Posted February 5, 2016 That yeti crab is the closest comparison I have seen so far however the yeti crab has large front claws and most of it's legs come out of the carapace. This creature is slightly different. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Soothing Shrimp Posted February 5, 2016 Report Share Posted February 5, 2016 Definitely look into the Galatheoidea family. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Soothing Shrimp Posted February 5, 2016 Report Share Posted February 5, 2016 The Kiwaidae family (yeti crab, etc.) that is closely related Family recognized by Paleobiology Database: Eucarya Woese et al. 1990 + Opisthokonta Cavalier-Smith 1987 + Metazoa Haeckel 1874 + Eumetazoa Butchili 1910 + Triploblastica Lankester 1877 + Bilateria + Eubilateria Ax 1987 + Protostomia Grobben, 1908 + Ecdysozoa + Panarthropoda + Arthropoda Latreille, 1829 + Mandibulata + Pancrustacea + Crustacea Brünnich 1772 + Malacostraca Latreille, 1802 + Eucarida Calman, 1904 + Decapoda Latreille, 1802 + Anomura Milne-Edwards 1832 + Kiwaoidea Mac Pherson et al. 2005 +Kiwaidae Mac Pherson et al. 2005 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Soothing Shrimp Posted February 5, 2016 Report Share Posted February 5, 2016 When you do find out what it is, please tell us, so we can all learn! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Soothing Shrimp Posted February 5, 2016 Report Share Posted February 5, 2016 Do you know the type of grouper, or where it was caught? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fiishman Posted February 5, 2016 Report Share Posted February 5, 2016 Looks like a frog crab Soothing Shrimp 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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