| Image ID: | 29370 |
| Common Name: | Deep-sea amphipod |
| Scientific Name: | Eusirid Amphipod |
| Description: | Comb jelly and copepod prey. Jellies make up an important part of coastal and oceanic food webs. |
| Location: | This extraordinary eusirid amphipod, reptililian in appearance, was collected from a glass sponge growing 2.5 kilometres deep in the eastern Pacific. It was living near hydrothermal vents and measured about an inch. |
| Keywords: | Deep-sea amphipod, eusirid amphipod, glass sponge, hydrothermal vents, Arthropoda, Crustacea, Malacostraca, Amphipoda, Eusiridae, face-hugger, alien, spiny, pink |
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