“Water Walker” Isopod
Video courtesy of NOAA Ocean Exploration, 2021 North Atlantic Stepping Stones: New England and Corner Rise Seamounts. Download larger version (mp4, 50.3 MB).

A “water walker” isopod, in the family Munnopsidae, drifts slowly to the seafloor. was seen at a depth of 4,113 meters (2.6 miles) while exploring Rockaway Seamount on the fifth dive of the 2021 North Atlantic Stepping Stones expedition.

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