Isopod?

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Saw some of these on a disk with a Montipora I brought home. Tossed the disk, pickled the bugs in ethanol and photographed with a dissecting scope. Look like isopods, but I don't remember having seen anything like them before. Maybe about 1 mm long. Nothing seems to be bothered, but I thought someone may have seen these before.
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Saw some of these on a disk with a Montipora I brought home. Tossed the disk, pickled the bugs in ethanol and photographed with a dissecting scope. Look like isopods, but I don't remember having seen anything like them before. Maybe about 1 mm long. Nothing seems to be bothered, but I thought someone may have seen these before.
Unk Arth 0004sm.jpg

Unk Arth ventral sm 0003.jpg
A Seroloidean Isopod, commonly called a Sand-skater/Trisobite:
Definitely a Seroloidean isopod - these are also known as Trisobites or Sand Skaters, and they should be harmless/beneficial.

I don't recall coming across a taxonomic key for the individual families in the superfamily at the moment, and photos are pretty scarce for a few of the families, so I can't narrow it down beyond that point at the moment.
 

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