Stomatella larva ??? I’d

[47aquatics]

I’m guessing these are just baby stomas as I have a huge population that is always breeding but wanted to make sure …..

They have vertebra and I can see their hearts beating / some sore of respiration doesn’t look like any flat worm I’ve seen which is missing any sort of skeleton structure usually

Anyone can ID thanks ?

 

[47aquatics]

Or baby chiton? They move really fast for their size much faster than I think a stoma

 

[47aquatics]

I think I’ve id it as some sort of isopod or pill bug Sphaeromatidae
Possibly the exact species is :

Cassidinidea ovalis possibly​

 

[BristleWormHater]

Definitely a bug. I think I have some of these too.

 

[jimk60]

Don't know what it is but great pictures! Not the usual can't tell what we're looking at.

 

[47aquatics]

Definitely a bug. I think I have some of these too.

Yes it’s some type of isopod from what I gather (these are very small - sesame seed size) I think they eat detritus and are benificial clean up crew but I could be wrong

 

[47aquatics]

Don't know what it is but great pictures! Not the usual can't tell what we're looking at.

Ye they are sesame seed size was not easy getting photo had to use magnifying lens lol - these are some type of isopod the question is what type and benificial or not

So far everything leads to reef / safe detrivor but let’s see who will
Chime in some of the experts was it twillard

 

[47aquatics]

any idea #vetteguy53081 can you call the big guns

 

[Maritimer]

Might be the one - or similar to the one - that they call a "sand skater". They're a form of isopod, and harmless scavengers as I recall.

~B.

 

[BristleWormHater]

@ISpeakForTheSeas

 

[ISpeakForTheSeas]

@ISpeakForTheSeas

Agreed with Maritimer above:

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.