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466K views · 8.4K reactions | Meet Phronima, a deep-sea amphipod that turns jellyfish into armored shelters & nurseries for its young!  #deepsea #phronima #oceanmysteries #marinebiology #weirdanimals #salp #barrelamphipod #oceanmysteries #marinebiology #parasitism #weirdanimals #deepseacreatures #natureismetal #oceanfacts #creepysea | Deep Ocean World | Facebook

Does this remind you of anything? * It's a tiny crustacean called Phronima that uses the hollowed-out body of plankton as a live-aboard vessel and mobile nursery. Using its claws, it slices open the victim, often a barrel-shaped creature called a salp. Once it has chewed away the salp's gelatinous innards, it sails around the ocean in its body. It lays its eggs in the walls of the salp's body, and when the young hatch, they're safe inside the barrel. * like maybe the Queen from Aliens? #creepy #