Crazy centipede looking thing

Lovemyreef2015 · May 16, 2018

Here is one I found that can be found in brown to black. Idotea linearis. Picture for reference. They are in the Isopoda family and are found from the North Sea south to Morocco and the Mediterranean Sea.

Dancingmad · May 16, 2018

Just passing by - cool lookin' critter. Hope it isn't pestly! Those Antenna are thicker than its legs! Don't skip leg day lil buddy!

cristata.reef · May 16, 2018

@Lovemyreef2015 after seeing that YT video I was gonna say isopod lol. We have some crazy ones here in CA like the kelp isopod (Pentidotea wosnesenskii). I've caught some accidentally whenever the kelp or Japanese wireweed gets stuck on my line. And these guys are huge! Like we're talking almost 2 inches in length.

cristata.reef · May 16, 2018

Rispa said:
Come on they don't take much room. Put one on a bathroom counter or build a shelf for one. I want to see what this guy grows into, but I don't think I would do caring for it justice as I'm only just reaquainting myself with the hobby.

Lol believe me I would. Thing is I ran out of outlets hahahaha (And I'm using powerstrips)

wangspeed · May 29, 2018

I found him already dying stuck to the carbon bag.

Looks greenish out of the water. I assume this was the only one in here.

cristata.reef · May 29, 2018

wangspeed said:
I found him already dying stuck to the carbon bag.

Looks greenish out of the water. I assume this was the only one in here.

Yep definitely an isopod. Resembles the genus Idotea but I'm not super familiar with them

Gavin Automata · May 5, 2019

I know this is a year later, but I just posted a thread about something very similar to this, except clear. Did you ever have any troubles with him or find anymore? mine's still caught in my net and I don't really know if he's reef or invert safe yet.

mtfish · May 5, 2019

Some type of caprellid amphipod. Weird looking but good CUC.

wangspeed · May 6, 2019

Didn’t seem to be a problem for me, but he didn’t survive.

Saltaquatic · Aug 15, 2019

Hi

I have the same centipede like creature, this is what I found it is (Anthuroidea), but can't find any videos or info about this creature, whether is harmful or not. See the link to wiki below about it.

Anthuroidea - Wikipedia

en.wikipedia.org

wangspeed said:
This is in my invert QT. Not sure what to do about it just yet. This thing came out when I dumped some food in the tank. It really moves like a centipede! One of my most hated bugs.