Swimming Squat Lobster | Nautilus Live

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No, that’s not a spider, but it sure looks like one! Our Corps of Exploration came across this strange-looking arthropod at over 1,600 meters deep while exploring “Guyot 12” in the Pacific Remote Islands waters. This long-legged isopod was later identified as a squat lobster in the family Chirostylidae, tentatively identified in the genus Gastroptychus by Dr. Mary Wicksten at Texas A&M University. While scientists have seen these types of squat lobsters resting on corals, this may be the first documentation of them moving in the water column.

Learn more about this expedition funded by NOAA Ocean Exploration via the Ocean Exploration Cooperative Institute: https://nautiluslive.org/cruise/na149

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