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Kelp Isopod You asked for strange marine creatures… My trip to the aquarium inspired a trip to the beach so here's the first of the odd creatures I found by searching around the tide pools at Salt Water State Park on Puget Sound. I saw some this color and some lighter green. Apparently their color depends on what they've been eating. Geotagged,Pentidotea wosnesenskii,United States Click/tap to enlarge PromotedSpecies introCountry intro

Kelp Isopod

You asked for strange marine creatures… My trip to the aquarium inspired a trip to the beach so here's the first of the odd creatures I found by searching around the tide pools at Salt Water State Park on Puget Sound. I saw some this color and some lighter green. Apparently their color depends on what they've been eating.

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  1. View Claire Hamilton's profile
    Claire Hamilton
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    Amazing! Well done to you!!! Posted 11 years ago
  2. View Ferdy Christant's profile
    Ferdy Christant
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    This is discovery and education in the true spirit of JungleDragon, I salute you. And promote you :) Posted 11 years ago
  3. View Wendy's profile
    Wendy
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    What a strange looking guy.
    Really never seen before :)
     Posted 11 years ago

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The Rockweed Isopod

''Pentidotea wonsnesenskii'' is a marine isopod which lives on seaweed on rocky shores along the British Columbia and Washington coastlines, as far south as San Francisco. It can be as large as 40 millimetres long, is usually green, but its colour is adaptable to its environment. It can often be found hiding under rockweed in the intertidal zone. It is named after the Russian biologist Ilya G. Voznesenskii.

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Similar species: Brood Pouch Crustaceans
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Uploaded Aug 15, 2014. Captured Aug 14, 2014 14:43 in 847-907 Saltwater Park Road, Des Moines, WA 98198, USA.
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  • X-E1
  • f/1.0
  • 1/60s
  • ISO400
  • 50mm
Captured in the summer. More summer photos.