what is this creature?

[stapet77]

Any idea what these are? They move and look like small shrimp. I thought they might be copepods, but they are 8mm long and all data I have seen says that copepods are about 1mm long.

 

[aquaman3680]

That is an anthropod, same principal as a copepod just bigger

Matt

 

[BoomerD]

You're close Matt...the proper term is amphipod...and they ARE related to shrimp...just much smaller...

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[stapet77]

Thanks guys. You are right, he looks just like the one on the link you sent Boomer. Amhipods are beneficial like copepods right?

Thanks,
Stacy

 

[BoomerD]

Yep, great detritus eaters...always a plus in a reef tank, AND, they're a nice live food source for your other inhabitants.

 

[mps9506]

mmmm amphipods

 

[fishheads]

tastes like chicken!!!!BAKOK

 

[aquaman3680]

boomer... i didnt know that there was a difference between the two? What are the differences? Or did i just spell it wrong?

Matt

 

[mps9506]

boomer... i didnt know that there was a difference between the two? What are the differences? Or did i just spell it wrong?

Matt

According to Wiki anthropods are a race of aliens found in the game X-com

The other similar term would be arthropod which usually refers to the phylum arthropoda which includes insects, spiders and crustaceans (copepods, amphipods etc.)

 

[rDr4g0n]

According to Wiki anthropods are a race of aliens found in the game X-com

The other similar term would be arthropod which usually refers to the phylum arthropoda which includes insects, spiders and crustaceans (copepods, amphipods etc.)

lol i thought me and squatch were the only clowns here!

 

[mps9506]

Just going by what I read
Anthropod - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

 

[BoomerD]

Saw the same thing Mike...I wonder if he MEANT arthropod...(but it's still wrong...sort of)

 

[mps9506]

Funny how taxonomy is one of the few things that has really stuck in my head since college, and it was one of the most miserable things to learn, at least until I got into Ichthyology then it was pretty neat. Unfortunately my coral reef ecology class never got beyond basic taxonomy of corals.