Strange creature??

[Zoey]

is it a anchor worm?

 

[ZoaCollector]

I've seen these before I can't remember the name but I found something possibly similar online:
Lucifer Shrimp

 

[Humblefish]

What @ZoaCollector posted looks pretty close to me. I would say at the very least it's a "shrimp" of some sort.

 

[blueface]

I've seen these before I can't remember the name but I found something possibly similar online:
Lucifer Shrimp

That's the closest I've seen. Are they parasitic??

 

[Lionfish Lair]

That's it! That's it! It's explains something in the pictures that was confusing me. Awesome. I've never heard of them.

 

[human]

I'm skeptical about it being a lucifer shrimp, they don't have claws at all. Unless the photo was just appendages crisscrossed to make it look like a claw. Lucifer shrimp are harmless planktonic shrimp.

 

[Lionfish Lair]

That's what it is @human. Crossed legs. I couldn't figure it out in the picture and it explains it perfectly. I can't find where I saved the one I photoshoped, but I'm going to make another right now, brb.

 

[Lionfish Lair]

The red arrow, it totally looked like one was overlapping the other. Blue arrows, you can see the "pinchers" are not consistent in appearance, thickness or length. The green arrow shows are area of lightness that indicates an area of space..... you can totally see the area they cross over.

 

[Lionfish Lair]

Journal of Young Investigators has an image that shows the same thing.

 

[saltyfilmfolks]

The red arrow, it totally looked like one was overlapping the other. Blue arrows, you can see the "pinchers" are not consistent in appearance, thickness or length. The green arrow shows are area of lightness that indicates an area of space..... you can totally see the area they cross over.

you are just awesome