Criters eating jellyfish at beach.

[atrociousoceanus29]

I saw these little guys eating a jelly fish at the coast near seattle and ive seen them swimming about in beach puddles, just curious what they are

 

[Bee0877]

Kind of look like mole crabs aka sand fleas

 

[Kamden Uelton]

Mole Crabs are filter feeders and wouldn't be near a dead jellyfish, I would say some type of Beach Amphipod? Or maybe a snail

 

[cristata.reef]

Segmentation on some of the "bugs" implied that they are a commensal/parasitic isopod, perhaps a cironlanid. The jelly at hand is actually not a true jellyfish but a large hydroid known as an Aequorea. We have several species here but I'd wager based on the time of the year it is either Aequorea victoria or Aequorea forskalea. I can't recall any publications noting symbiotic relationships between any invertebrate and this genus so I'll be on the look out for those.

 

[cristata.reef]

Got a positive ID from a pelagic cnidarians expert. These are Hyperiid amphipods and the jelly is an Aequorea victoria

 

[atrociousoceanus29]

Got a positive ID from a pelagic cnidarians expert. These are Hyperiid amphipods and the jelly is an Aequorea victoria

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