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Brucerolis brandtae

An isopod which could easily be Brucerolis brandtae playing hide and seek? Spot the distinct outline of the long spines between the rocks. It’s sharing this small patch with an echiuran (see Cotw 49).

Photo taken between 800-1100m over the Graveyard seamount of the Chatham Rise.

Credit: DTIS NIWA/ Seamount voyage