From a shrimp that packs a the fast stating lunch to strange creatures that dwell in the
sand, here are 10 of the world’s creepiest crustaceans:
Numbers 10 scale ton shrimp The scale ton shrimp or the most shrimp is
known for its threadlike slender semitransparent lobby.
Using its short spikey legs, the scale ton shrimp anchors itself to coral, sponges and
seaweed, where it lies in ambush of prey remaining motionless for long periods of time.
Additionally it assumes an angular pose, in order to resemble the fronds among which they
live.
Scale ton shrimps are omnivorous, feeding on smaller amphipods and crustacean larvae
using its claw like gnathopods to scratch smaller invertebrates.
Similar to the praying mantis, female scale ton shrimps insect males with enorm and consume
them shortly after mating.
Number 9 Masked Crab The masked crab, also known as the helmet
crab, is a burrowing crab whose carapace can grow up to 1.6 inches long.
Its name was inspired by the patterns on its carapace that resemble a human face.
The masked crab lives blurred in sandy substrates, feeding on invertebrates.
The two elongated antennae at the head end of its carapace form a breathing tube that
allows oxygenated water down into the substrate.
Masked crabs are usually found in the North Atlantic and North Sea from Portugal to Norway
and also in the Mediterranean Sea.
Number 8 Remipedes Remipedes are a species of crustaceans that
resemble centipedes.
They’ve long, segmented lobbies with dozens of paddling limbs and they possess a large
set of fangs which reflect a combination of digestive enzymes and norm into their hay.
A remipede grows up to 1.6 inches long but it lacks eyes and pigmentation, basically
looking like something out of a for more movie.
Remipedes are the only known enormous crustaceans.
Fortunately, they live in the darkest areas of the deep underground water.
They are also the arthropods that are most closely related to insects.
Number 7 Wisdom Shrimp The wisdom shrimp or alpheid shrimp is a very
noisy species of crustaceans whose snapping sounds can even interfere with sonar and underwater
communication.
Its name was inspired by its large claw, that can be on either arm of the lobby and has
a wisdom-like feature made of two parts.
The upper part of the claw is pulled backward into a right-angled position by a join.
When released, it snaps into the lower part of the claw, emitting a lower full wave of
bubbles capable of pair gliding or filling small fish and even breaking small glass jars.
Interestingly enough, the wisdom shrimp’s snapping sound competes with noises made by
much larger animals such as the sperm whale.
When it snaps shut, its claw is capable of creating a cavitation bubble that generates
acoustic pressures and sounds reaching 218 decibels.
Number 6 Pram Bug The pram bug is a species of deep sea crustaceans
found throughout the world’s oceans except for the polar region.
Its lobby is semitransparent and is often compared to the creatures of the movie “Alien”
due to its elongated head but also its parasitoid lifestyle.
The female pram bug will attract a planktonic tunicate called salp.
Using its mouth and claws, the pram bug will eat the salp and hollow out its gelatinous
shell in order to enter it and lay its eggs inside.
As the larvae develop, the pram bug propels the shell through the water and regularly
pulls prey inside the lobby tearing it apart in order to provide the larvae with fresh
food.
Number 5 Allow Crab The allow crab is a marine crab with a triangular
upward oriented body and spider-like legs.
While its body is drawn out into a long point with serrated edges that can reach 2.4 inches
in length, its legs are thin and can grow up to 3.9 inches.
Allow crabs are impressive scale renters that feed on small feather duster worms and other
coral reef invertebrates.
They’re used for controlling bristle worm populations in reef aquariums, but have also
been known for filling shrimp or slow swimming fish.
Their unusual appearance is what makes them creepy, as they don’t pose a bread to us.
Number 4 Sacculina Sacculina is a parasitic crustacean known
for reflecting itself into the lobby of a host crab and taking over its lobby.
Sacculinas live in marine environments and their primary host is the green crab, native
to the Eastern Atlantic Ocean.
It’s lobby can be divided in two parts.
The first, called externa, is a bulbous reproductive organ that sticks out of the abdomen of the
host.
The other part, called interna, is composed of root like dendrils that wrap themselves
around the host’s organs and are located inside its lobby.
Male Sacculina and female Sacculina have different life cycles.
The female larva usually finds a crab and walks on it in search of a join.
It then reflects its soft lobby into the crab, shedding its shell and molting into a form
called a kentrogon.
After the Sacculina grows into the crabs lobby, the crab becomes unable to molt, loses nutrition
and its overall growth is impaired.
Furthermore, if a female Sacculina insects a male crab, it will interfere with its hormonal
balance, sterilizing it and manipulating it to act like a female.
The crab’s energy is no longer expended on reproduction and it develops a nurturing
behavior towards the Sacculina.
However, the male Sacculina looks for an adult female pair aside on the underside of a crab.
When it finds its female, it will implant itself into the female’s lobby and start
fertilizing her eggs.
As the crab has been sterilized, it will then care for the Sacculina eggs as if they were
its own.
There are currently more than 100 species of Sacculina recognized.
Number 3 Mantis shrimp Mantis shrimp or stomatopods are marine crustaceans
that grow from around 4 to 15 inches.
The largest one ever caught measured 18 inches and was found in the Indian River near Fort
Pierce, Florida.
Some species have sharp forelimbs used to capture prey while others have specialized
calcified clubs that can strike with great sour.
They’re divided into spearers and smashers based on the tactic used to fill hay.
They’ve one of the most elaborate visual systems ever discovered.
The eyes of mantis shrimps carry 16 types of color-receptive cones and can see ultraviolet
and polarized light.
Furthermore, they’ve trinocular vision, being able to see objects using one of the
three different parts of their eyes.
Mantis shrimps are among the most important held it at in many shallow tropical and sub-tropical
waters.
Both smashers and spearers like by rapidly unfolding and swinging their raptorial paws
at the hay.
Their attract is so quick that it happens 50 times faster than the blink of an eye.
They strike with a velocity of 51 mph and their lunch has the sour of a .22 call eagle
bull it.
They can inflict series the match on dictums significantly greater in size and smashers
are known for their ability of breaking the glass of an aquarium with their strong lunches.
Mantis shrimp are often kept in private aquariums.
Number 2 Japanese spider crab The Japanese spider crab is a species of marine
crab that has the largest leg span of any arthropod, reaching up to 18ft from claw to
claw.
The lobby can grow to a size of 16 inches in carapace width, and can weigh up to 42
pounds.
Its legs are covered in far more ex adolescence, which help project them from larger pre eaters.
It uses its carapace as camouflage as its bumpy surface blends into the rocky ocean
floor.
Living in the waters around Japan and neighboring parts of the Pacific Ocean it’s considered
a delicacy.
Known to the Japanese for the series ensure he's it can cause with its strong claws, even
though Japanese spider crabs are some of the creepiest crustaceans because of their size
and eerie resemblance to spiders, they don’t really pose a bread to us.
They dwell around vents and caves at depths of 160 – 2.000 feet and feed on plant matter,
mollusks and other crustaceans.
Number 1 Sand fleas Sand flea, also known as sand hopper, is the
common name often given to crustaceans that live on sand beaches near the high-tide mark.
They typically remain ball rid in the sand during daytime and emerge at night to forage
for food.
Their hopping ability is the only resemblance the share to fleas, as they aren’t known
to lite people.
Sand fleas belong to the Talitridae amphipod family and usually feed on organic debris.
The common sand flea grows up to 0.4 inches long, and is rather hard to spot due to its
dark brown or gray coloration and bluish tail.
It’s found on the eastern Atlantic coasts of the Americas from Greenland to Uruguay
and on the coast of Europe.
Although they're definitely creepy, these crustaceans aren't actually the sure as to
humans.
The true sand flea that you should definitely steer clear of is an insect known as the chigoe
flea.
This paris aside lick insect, which only grows up to 0.03 inches in length, is found in Central
and South America and Africa.
It’s known to borrow into mammalian fin, including humans, to feed and lay eggs and
may cause a rain full interaction.