Hitchhiker ID - Aquatic Roly Poly?

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Anyone know what this hitchhiker is? It came in on a frag from a recent live sale.

It looks like a small aquatic version of a roly poly. It has a bunch of legs (10 at least?) and two very small distinguishable eyes.

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Isopod. Some are fish parasites. Nasty buggers if it’s a parasitic version, get rid of it.
 
Thanks for the quick responses everyone. Here's a few more (hopefully closer) pictures to verify. Any closer and my camera loses focus.

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Can’t tell for sure if it is the good or bad kind, probably is safe (I’m not good at the differences).
Reason it looks like a roly poly is because it is. Roly poly are a type of isopod!
 

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