#multicrustacea

[wikipediapictures]

Copepod

“Copepods of various species. Photos were taken using a Biolam R-11 microscope. For photography, the dark field method was combined with polarization. Thanks to polarizing microscopy, the glow of muscle stripes in the bodies of some crustaceans is visible. Each photo is the result of panoramic shooting and focus stacking.” - via Wikimedia Commons (original description translated from Russian using Google Translate)

[rattyexplores]

Simple little isopod friend

Cubaris nigroflava

19/07/22

[hasellia]

With the current discourse on plagiarism, (thanks hbomberguy for getting peeps into citing), I wasn't satisfied with attributing the image to just an "Aaron", so I did some digging. The finds were shocking...

It really is him!

This Blogspot page confirms the image comes from Deepwrecks, but the domain for sale. The Wayback Machine was being unresponsive, but I found this on a separate Blogspot page.

Looking up an Aaron Baldwin, I found a marine biologist who mainly works in taxonomy in Alaska and British Columbia.

This third (and final) Blogspot page provides a references and Aaron Baldwin who works mainly in Taxonomy and provides a picture:

(Honestly, I'm a bit face blind, but it looks like the same guy but older to me).

The Blogspot also provides a page for a website that Aaron has contributed to, based on the wildlife of British Columbia. The website has a gallery listing by photographer (wow! What a convenient way to find a source! More of that, please!) and sure enough, Aaron has a tonne of marine Biology photos on there.

This is good enough evidence for me. I probably could've just asked OP for receipts, but it was a good research exercise. Here's Aaron's ResearchGate, give him some love and Doritos.

Aaron, if you're reading this, thanks for the joy and inspiration in our lives from your moment of photographer's instinct. Thank you for teaching us about marine biology. I hope you have a wonderful day. (Also my sister is an undergrad, studying marine biology on an overseas scholarship, who just loves some networking opportunities, winkwinknudgenudge).

And now, I can rest.

THE ORIGIN OF THIS IMAGE:

So in my etsy I sell a pin of some isopods having at a bag of doritos based on this photo. Today I was contacted by the person who took it.

I asked to share this info and he gave permission!

Here’s the picture of him working with isopods and here’s a link to their published research!

[animalids]

Yellow line arrow crab (Stenorhynchus seticornis)

Photo by jonmcclintock

[captainswaglord500]

Chuyu

Kingdom: Animalia

Phylum: Chordata

Class: Arthropoda

Subphylum: Crustacea

Superclass: Multicrustacea

Class: Malacostraca

Subclass: Eumalacostraca 

Superorder: Eucarida

Order: Xenocarida

Family: Chimerarthropodidae

Genus: Chimeroarthropus

Species: C. domesticus (”domesticated chimerical jointed-foot”)

Information: with a name that means “snatcher” in the Chelonian language, it is easy to see why these creatures were domesticated by them. The Chuyu is a golden retriever-sized crustacean that can breath both in and out of water. Uniquely for a crustacean, it possesses tentacles for grabbing onto prey, as well as a pair of mandibles for chewing on prey. The armor of the Chuyu is tan in color, which allowed its wild ancestors to blend in on the sandy beaches and sea floors of Sortoon. After being exported off world, the Chelonians domesticated the Chuyu, and they currently breed them for both meat and for helping in raids, since the Chuyu is naturally attracted to shiny objects. The Chuyu is, as stated earlier, a carnivore, and primarily feeds on small animals and other marine life. At the end of their tail, they possess two cerci and a long terminal filament like a silverfish. The feathery antennae on its head are incredibly sensitive, and allow it to detect even minor differences in scent, which also makes it a good “bloodhound” of sorts.

[wikipediapictures]

Copepod

“Copepods are aquatic animals like most crustaceans. They live en masse in all depths of both sea and fresh water, as well as in puddles, swamps, and some species in moist moss and wasteland. Among them are also parasites whose appearance can be changed beyond recognition and which live on fish and other aquatic animals. Free-living copepods are only a few millimeters long (0,5-2mm) and play an important part in the water body's food chain: they reproduce relatively quickly, and by feeding on tiny microscopic organisms, they themselves are constantly food for larger aquatic animals. Around 8,500 species of copepods are known in the world, according to the latest data, 82 are known in Estonia, but the existence of 100 species is assumed.” - via Wikimedia Commons

[nonexistent-triangle]

ATLANTIC OCEAN (AP) — Unionized members of the Pancrustacean taxon (which besides covering Multicrustacea also covers the Hexapoda, also known as bugs) have voted overwhelmingly in favour of authorising negotiatiors to call a strike if they're unable to secure safer working conditions as well as a new contract.

the american pancrustacean union's negotations are dragging out. a strike is sure to follow

[wikipediapictures]

Copepod

[wikipediapictures]

Copepod

“Corycaeus sp., a copepod with huge eyes, frontal lenses and pigmented eye stalks. Width of lenses 200 µm.” - via Wikimedia Commons

[rattyexplores]

Hiding

Unidentified, family Armadillidae

19/07/22

[animalids]

Coconut crab (Birgus latro)

Photo by Drew Avery

[rattyexplores]

Volcano Barnacles

Towering monoliths of the tidepools, though only a few centimetres tall.

Tetraclita squamosa, “Green Volcano Barnacle”

15/06/22

[rattyexplores]

Peekaboo!

Unidentified, family Armadillidae

21/12/22

[rattyexplores]

Barnacles at home on a Mangrove tree

many people don’t seem to realize that barnacles are a kind of crustacean. Well, you do now.

Why they’ve called a Mangrove tree home, is because they simply look for any sturdy surface to latch onto. Permanently. That’s why they’re often found on man-made structures.

Unidentified, Family Chthamalidae

15/06/22

[rattyexplores]

Lovely pink day at the beach ♥

Paguroidea species

22/08/21

[rattyexplores]

Last pink beach photo, this one’s a little more melancholy.

Paguroidea species

22/08/21