2 Pods. Aliens "FaceHugger" Pod & Copepod?

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So.. cleaning boats has left my wetsuit covered in pods. I shake dried bugs daily from my truck seat covers. Skeleton shrimp, large variety of isopods, amphipods and these other 2 are quite common occurences. The longer the maintenece schedual (30, 60, 90 day between cleanings), the more boat growth, the more pods.

The little guy below is what we call "condo bugs", being that they create communities in a film of mud. The other guy, no clue where they live, but they are also common.

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So.. any ideas? I am guessing the condo bug is a type of copepod?
 
Found the little guy on the bottom.
Not copepod but amphipod.

http://www.gulfspecimen.org/specimen/arthropoda/isopods-and-amphipods/

"Ar-1191 TUBE-BUILDING AMPHIPODS, Corophium and Jassa sp., filter feeding amphipods that build tubes out of detritus. Occasionally found living in the drains of our tanks"


Now just trying to get ID on the facehugger.
 

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