What on earth is this thing ?

[Robbi]

allegedly caught on rod and line in the UK

 

[Balloonatic]

I think it escaped from the set of dr who!

 

[Clouston98]

I don't like the look of that, glad I only fish for trout!

 

[Mesquite]

Looks like one of these...

[video=youtube;ydXenL7iu0w]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ydXenL7iu0w[/video]

 

[British Red]

Larval stage of something. I've seen the larvae of great diving beetles which are huge and weird looking - not quite right but similar

 

[mountainm]

I think it's an aquarium release. Some kind of exotic arthropod.

 

[Harvestman]

No way that is a native critter. Looks like some sort of aquatic isopod, but unless that bucket is no more than millimetres across that is not a UK species.

 

[mountainm]

No way that is a native critter. Looks like some sort of aquatic isopod, but unless that bucket is no more than millimetres across that is not a UK species.

Ok so what's the diff between an isopod and an arthropod then?

 

[Robbi]

iso and arthro

 

[mountainm]

iso and arthro

Sleeping in the knife drawer again Robbi? Be careful....

 

[Robbi]

as a tack mate as a tack.

 

[mountainm]

as a tack mate as a tack.

Blue tack...

 

[Harvestman]

Arthropods include the group called crustaceans, which are made up of decapods (crabs, lobsters, shrimps etc), Amphipods (usually called sandhoppers) and Isopods (woodlice and lots of aquatic beasties). Plus a few obscure groups.

The elongated shape of that thing suggests an isopod to my eye, but it could be a weird decapod. In the antarctiv there are no decapods at all, it is all isopods, and when I used to work with the British Antarctic Survey back in the 1990's I saw a few beasties that looked a bit like this thing. I'm no expert though, especially not on aquatics.

 

[mountainm]

Arthropods include the group called crustaceans, which are made up of decapods (crabs, lobsters, shrimps etc), Amphipods (usually called sandhoppers) and Isopods (woodlice and lots of aquatic beasties). Plus a few obscure groups.

The elongated shape of that thing suggests an isopod to my eye, but it could be a weird decapod. In the antarctiv there are no decapods at all, it is all isopods, and when I used to work with the British Antarctic Survey back in the 1990's I saw a few beasties that looked a bit like this thing. I'm no expert though, especially not on aquatics.

Thanks for that.

 

[HillBill]

That can't be real..

It looks like an enlarged one of these
http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-sfXskNKWsXI/TqMYJPyh4tI/AAAAAAAACiA/Hl-D5Pi5h40/s400/giant.JPG

 

[Harvestman]

More details please Robbi. Allegedly caught where, when?

 

[Kepis]

Tell the EA, they will soon confirm what it is

 

[Robbi]

all i've got is caught this year in UK fresh water with rod and line.

i'll try and get more info like location etc

 

[10074405]

If my Girlfriend wasn't asleep I'd get her to ID it as she's sitting her doctorate in Marine and Animal biochemistry. So she's pretty hot on all things animalia and flora.
However as I like my testicals I shalnt wake her up for this.. Who took the pic?

 

[Robbi]

it was posted on another forum by someone else asking the same question.