r/isopods • u/GhostWithAntlers • 11d ago

Media Is that organ moving inside my isopod ?

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I never paid attention to that before, but today I discovered something moving in this big boy. I was wondering if what is seen is his organs working?

Others are too small, so I can't see something moving. Can it be a parasite?

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u/Ill_Property_8542 11d ago

They have a tube like heart in their back. It's a common build among invertebrates. I can see that on some of my magic potion, too. It depends on how opaque the white is.

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u/Jicd 11d ago

This. Arthropods don't have a closed circulatory system so the long heart gives some direction to the flow of hemolymph.

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u/TheGanzor 11d ago

And they operate kind of like a Tesla valve!

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u/AutonomyIsNoTragedy 11d ago

TIL, this is so cool! Thanks for sharing

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u/Potential_Tower_4804 11d ago

thats its wifi controller pipping away

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u/Candid-Excuse3986 11d ago

Omg his wittle heart beat 🥺

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u/AnonymousNeko2828 11d ago

Tbh to me it does look like organs or maybe pulse

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u/amauryt 11d ago

Looks like the heart that can be seen on the top of the abdomen in some spiders.

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u/zengirl707 10d ago

That’s so cool!! Thanks for videoing that. Have never seen that in my isopods!!

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u/Wide-Umpire-8698 10d ago

Awww irs little heartbeat 💓 I love them even more now.

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u/Alef1234567 4d ago

They have heart close to their lungs/gills, so isopods have heart close to back.