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Saltwater Crustacean ID


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Posted 24 August 2014 - 06:50 PM

Found these tiny things in a bucket of Ocean water when i was helping my little brother make sand castles, took one into the car to take a pic, was very hard and couldnt focus properly cause they were tiny, i tried to find some more and discovered their were hundred in the the sand where the waves hit the beach if that will help ID it, i was in Lynn, Massachusetts

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Posted 24 August 2014 - 07:26 PM

Looks like a "sand flea" to me. There's a lot of info on them if you Google around.

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Posted 24 August 2014 - 08:32 PM

Looks like a "sand flea" to me. There's a lot of info on them if you Google around.


i thought those guys were bigger, well thanks for the help!

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Posted 24 August 2014 - 08:42 PM

Its an Amphipod

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Posted 24 August 2014 - 09:49 PM

Its an Amphipod


yeah it looks more like this




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