Centepede-like things that dwell on kelp

[nkw5]

What is this creature? They are found on CA kelp and sometimes on lingcods.

Picture won't upload to Scubaboard as jpg or bmp. That is the extent of my photo tech skills. Can you ID the creature without pic?

 

[archman]

Go over to photobucket and set up an account. Upload your pics there and send us a link.

ID's without pics or highly detailed information tend to have a lot of qualifiers.

 

[nkw5]

Go over to photobucket and set up an account. Upload your pics there and send us a link.

ID's without pics or highly detailed information tend to have a lot of qualifiers.

Okay. That was a good idea. Check it out here: http://s111.photobucket.com/albums/n160/nkw5/?

 

[archman]

Aha, nice picture. I *think* that's a marine isopod, vaguely cousin to the garden pillbug. They're harmless.

 

[nkw5]

Aha, nice picture. I *think* that's a marine isopod, vaguely cousin to the garden pillbug. They're harmless.

Thanks, Archman. A google search of marine isopod images brought up many pics that looked exactly like mine. I appreciate knowing what I photographed.

You think my picture is nice? I couldn't take one underwater; too much surge to be able to focus on something so small. I had to ask a person I had barely met if I could get really close to him and take the pic of one that was on his wetsuit after his dive. He probably thought I was pretty weird.