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Forums > General Discussion   Shooting the breeze...

Unidentified sea creature from 8500 ft deep

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Created by seafever17 > 9 months ago, 24 Mar 2010
seafever17
WA, 360 posts
24 Mar 2010 11:10AM
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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, 4873 posts
24 Mar 2010 1:23PM
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It's just an overgrown Moreton Bay Bug, or the love child of a muddy and a lobster

Sailhack
VIC, 5000 posts
24 Mar 2010 2:57PM
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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
WA, 15849 posts
24 Mar 2010 12:02PM
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Wow, thats a big bug!! Looks a bit like the "Predator" from the front

Bender
WA, 2226 posts
24 Mar 2010 12:16PM
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mmmmmmmmmmm Yum!

That could cook up a treat

pi22api22a
WA, 150 posts
24 Mar 2010 1:50PM
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nice,, its an amphipod,, lots of them down deep, usually more red in colour,,

GalahOnTheBay
NSW, 4188 posts
24 Mar 2010 7:57PM
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Huston, looks like we will need a bigger BBQ...

wormy
QLD, 679 posts
24 Mar 2010 7:07PM
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pi22api22a said...

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


Does that make it "Amphipod Mornay"

saltiest1
NSW, 2510 posts
24 Mar 2010 11:56PM
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better bung on them foil hats really quick! probably spits acid as well.

Poodle
WA, 866 posts
24 Mar 2010 9:03PM
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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
WA, 87 posts
25 Mar 2010 7:23AM
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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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