Unidentified sea creature from 8500 ft deep

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Shooting the breeze.

seafever17

360 posts

seafever17

WA, 360 posts

24 Mar 2010 11:10am

How awesome is the Ocean. Check out this beastie. 2 1/2 ft long.Recovered when an ROV (remotely operated vehicle) was recovered to surface.Definetly one of the coolest looking critters I'v seen.

sausage

QLD

4874 posts

sausage

QLD, 4874 posts

24 Mar 2010 1:23pm

It's just an overgrown Moreton Bay Bug, or the love child of a muddy and a lobster

Sailhack

VIC

5000 posts

Sailhack

VIC, 5000 posts

24 Mar 2010 2:57pm

Now that would freak me out more than a shark!

Big sea-lice...must've came out of the mouth of a whopping GT!

doggie

15849 posts

doggie

WA, 15849 posts

24 Mar 2010 12:02pm

Wow, thats a big bug!! Looks a bit like the "Predator" from the front

Bender

2236 posts

Bender

WA, 2236 posts

24 Mar 2010 12:16pm

mmmmmmmmmmm Yum!

That could cook up a treat

pi22api22a

150 posts

pi22api22a

WA, 150 posts

24 Mar 2010 1:50pm

nice,, its an amphipod,, lots of them down deep, usually more red in colour,,

GalahOnTheBay

NSW

4188 posts

GalahOnTheBay

NSW, 4188 posts

24 Mar 2010 7:57pm

Huston, looks like we will need a bigger BBQ...

wormy

QLD

679 posts

wormy

QLD, 679 posts

24 Mar 2010 7:07pm

pi22api22a said...

nice,, its an amphipod,, lots of them down deep, usually more red in colour,,

Does that make it "Amphipod Mornay"

saltiest1

NSW

2568 posts

saltiest1

NSW, 2568 posts

24 Mar 2010 11:56pm

better bung on them foil hats really quick! probably spits acid as well.

Poodle

868 posts

Poodle

WA, 868 posts

24 Mar 2010 9:03pm

A mate in Houston sent me the same photos the other. Said it came up on the ROV from the sea floor (approx. 8500 feet) while setting the X-tree from the West Sirius rig in GOM

Poods

snorton

87 posts

snorton

WA, 87 posts

25 Mar 2010 7:23am

That would be a big eater. I've seen heap of these sea lice before fishing for deep sea crabs - usually they're about the size of your hand though ...

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