Marine amphipod: Iphiclides minuta

[Rikisub]

2021-10-19-13.29.32 ZS retouched 19.08.15 by Rikisub, en Flickr
An image of a quite common marine amphipod from the microbenthos of the Cantabrian Sea, posing on a hydroid branch. Sony Nex - 6; 7,34X, Nikon BD - plan 10x. 65 shots stacked with Zerene.

[Adalbert]

very nice

[MarkSturtevant]

Cool! Photographed under water, I assume.

[dmillard]

Beautiful image!

[Rikisub]

Thank you for all your replies, I'm glad you've liked the image!

Cool! Photographed under water, I assume.

Yes, of course, otherwise it wouldn't look as it does when it is in its natural environment.

[Guppy]

Hi Ricardo

I also like this picture very much!
The structure of the carapace is well visible, so are the star-shaped pigment cells.
Hexagonal ommatidia here as well.
It is a pleasure

Kurt

[Rikisub]

I also like this picture very much!
The structure of the carapace is well visible, so are the star-shaped pigment cells.
Hexagonal ommatidia here as well.

Thank you very much for your comments, Kurt. Yes, I also find the eyes of the Amphipods really fascinating. The insects come from the crustaceans, thus, it is likely that they inherited the compound eyes from them. I've noticed that the compound eyes of the Amphipods vary quite a lot, from one species to another. Please, have a look at my last post on Caprella erithizon, I think you'll find it interesting.