#crustaceans — Public Fediverse posts

Giant, deep-sea roly-polies steal a #gene to endure starvation
The football-sized #crustaceans feast when they can, then slow their #metabolism to a crawl
These #Isopods are armored, oblong crustaceans. Long ago, the creatures stole a gene from a bacterium and welded it into their own set of DNA. This may help the crustaceans tolerate extremely long periods without food in the frigid, abyssal desert.
https://www.sciencenews.org/article/big-deep-roly-polies-endure-starvation
https://archive.ph/LWdMd

💁🏻‍♀️ TIL: 🛸🌊 A #NOAA #ROV explores abyssal plains near the #CookIslands in the #SouthPacific, mapping the deep seafloor and #water column with sensors while live streaming nearly daily through August 13. Divers have already spotted carnivorous #sponges that capture small #crustaceans, a surprising find for habitats once thought sparse.

👉 https://www.popsci.com/environment/deep-sea-exploration-livestream-pacific/

#deepsea #pacific #marinebiology #oceanography #science #exploration #conservation #maps #abyssal #biology

💁🏻‍♀️ ICYMI: 🦐🦘 Roly polies are terrestrial #crustaceans that evolved from marine-dwelling ancestors.

They share a specific trait with #kangaroos because both carry their young in a brood pouch. Female pill bugs carry their #eggs and newly-hatched young in a special pouch called a marsupium.

👉 Learn more: https://seethis.tv/post/roly-poly-pillbug-marsupium-video

#animals #babies #birth #bugs #detritivores #mating #nature #parenting #insects #marsupials #isopods #evolution #science #wildlife #entomology #zoology #ecosystem #tksst #video

🦐🦘 Roly polies are terrestrial #crustaceans that evolved from marine-dwelling ancestors.

They share a specific trait with #kangaroos because both carry their young in a brood pouch. Female pill bugs carry their #eggs and newly-hatched young in a special pouch called a marsupium.

👉 Learn more: https://seethis.tv/post/roly-poly-pillbug-marsupium-video

#animals #babies #birth #bugs #detritivores #mating #nature #parenting #insects #marsupials #isopods #evolution #science #wildlife #entomology #zoology #ecosystem #tksst #video

European Green Crab (Carcinus maenas)

#Crab #SeaLife #ArtWithOpenSource #CCBYSA #Darktable #MarineLife #Decapoda #Decapods #Crustacea #Crustaceans #Crustacean #Arthropod #Arthropods #Animals #AnimalPhotography #Nature #NaturePhotography #Photo #Photography

Ah yes, the riveting saga of #isopods globe-trotting from #Madagascar to #Montenegro 🌍🦐. Who knew these unassuming #crustaceans had a more robust #travel itinerary than even the most pretentious Instagram influencer? If only booking a vacation were as simple as listing continents and calling it a "site" 🤦‍♂️.
https://isopod.site/ #adventure #HackerNews #ngated

Americorchestia sp.

#Sandhopper #Talitridae #Amphipod #ArtWithOpenSource #Darktable #CCBYSA #Amphipoda #Crustacean #Crustaceans #Crustacea #Arthropod #Arthropods #Animal #Animals #AnimalPhotography #Wildlife #WildlifePhotography #Nature #NaturePhotography #Photo #Photography

"One day, perhaps, she might create a crab that’s incredibly well suited to domestication—the golden retriever of hermit crabs, if you will. But are they meant to live in our homes at all?"

Melissa Scott Sinclair for Slate: https://slate.com/technology/2025/08/hermit-crab-lifespan-beach-pet-cage-breeding.html

#Longreads #Crabs #HermitCrabs #Ocean #SeaLife #MarineLife #Crustaceans #Pets #Animals

Chondrocladia Sponge
https://interactiveoceans.washington.edu/05/2024/chondrocladia-sponge/

"A bizarre and rarely-seen carnivorous #DeepSea sponge, Chondrocladia lampadiglobus (colloquially known as the ping pong tree sponge) can be seen growing on stalks anchored in the sediment of the #abyssal #ocean... They have a modified version of the internal water flow system found in shallow-water #sponges, but they use it to inflate the round balloon-like structures that capture prey (usually small #crustaceans) using hooked spicules."