This week I have a new specimen (well, specimens) to the Dead Zoo for you to have a go at identifying:
Any idea what these little critters could be? I look forward to hearing your thoughts!
Friday mystery object #525
Zygoma
Adventures in natural history collections
Zygoma 
Hmm, this is going to be a challenge. Recognising the order is easy enough, but with close to 11 thousand species in the order, finding the right one will be tricky!
Gammarus sp?
Right Family
Oh the little scamps.
This challenge is a killer, I know nothing of amphipods. But with the clue that it is in the same family as Gammarus, I started diking around on Google. The little bumps along the urosoma (hey, I learnt some amphipod anatomy!) suggest it might be a nasty invasive.
😉
Gammarus critterensis ?
I was deperatas trying to find out what genus.
‘Killer’ specimen this week?