Mantis Shrimp??!

[Carebearsss.x]

Hi guys! I just found this molt in my tank && it kinda looks like a mantis shrimp??? I'm not 100% sure though !

 

[ichthyogeek]

Hmmm, the pictures are rather far away, so I can’t be certain. But to me, it looks like an amphipod molt, somewhere between a gammarid or a caprellid. Any way we can get closer pictures?

 

[Carebearsss.x]

Hmmm, the pictures are rather far away, so I can’t be certain. But to me, it looks like an amphipod molt, somewhere between a gammarid or a caprellid. Any way we can get closer pictures?

I'll try my best

 

[Carebearsss.x]

I'll try my best

 

[Crustaceon]

amphipod

 

[ichthyogeek]

Yeah, it’s definitely an amphipod. Those little antennae give it away, although the “club”-like appendages certainly confused me for a bit