Deep-sea pram bug
SKU 294374 Categories Deep-sea Plankton, Deep-sea Animals, Deep-sea Invertebrates, Topside Photos Tags blue, Comb jelly, Ctenophora, Cydippida, New Zealand, plankton, Pleurobranchiidae, Pleurochachia pileus, predator, sea gooseberry, tentacles, Tentaculata, transparent
Image ID: | 29474 |
Common Name: | Deep-sea pram bug |
Scientific Name: | Phronima sedentaria |
Description: | Snug as a bug in a rug – this pram bug is secure in its hollowed-out salp home. One curious feature, visible in this photograph, is that the rear two pairs of the pram bug’s legs bend backwards, enabling the animal to hold itself in place within the salp. |
Location: | Off southeastern New Zealand |
Keywords: | Deep-sea pram bug, Phronema sedentaria, transparent, New Zealand, barrel salp, Arthropoda, Crustacea, Malacostraca, Amphipoda, Hyperiidea, Hyperiidae |
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