Giant Protists on the Sea Floor

[PushMyCarr]

this is not a protista, no way... looks more like a crustacea.

[arandaspis112]

But the largest single-celled organisms are the xenophyophores, right?

[arandaspis112]

But the largest single-celled organisms are the xenophyophores, right

[TheStigmadeign]

Shrimp.

[doctorwolfwho]

@TheStigmadeign it's not the shrimp, it's possibly the oldest living fossils :>

[TheStigmadeign]

@doctorwolfwho Yea a shrimp. e.e

[doctorwolfwho]

@TheStigmadeign heh I'm refering to the 30 or so g.spherica around the shrimp :>

[TheStigmadeign]

@doctorwolfwho Who gives a crap about them I want to eat the shrimp?

[TheStigmadeign]

@doctorwolfwho Shrimp ARE some of earth's oldest living fossils though.

[doctorwolfwho]

@TheStigmadeign heh yeah, but something older too, pre multicellular in that pic.

[slosh77]

what are they're means of locomotion? they just look like balls how do they move without cilia and flag.?

[PhysiologicAli]

this is a crustacean not gromia.

[cogexman]

@PhysiologicAli

no look at the white spots by teh crustacean. isnt that the gromia? i think ur looking at the shrimp like thinge

[masacatior]

looks like alive eggs in the sea

[TheUntilitsleeps]

ahh it tries to moonwalk how cute is that

[Soundfrequency]

Looks to me like that prawn siphons through the sand for little creatures, then rolls the waste sand into balls, like those crabs do at low tide

[wolfwing1]

Heh yeah, they have been brought into submersible, and checked out, there is another video on here under giant protists that talks about them in more detail and has a picture of one without the soil.

[MountAnalogue]

are the dead? why dont they move?

[wolfwing1]

They do, they are just very slow moving.

[jMsism]

are the gromia the biggests living single cells discovered until now?

[wolfwing1]

@jMsism there are apparently other giant protists too, but I think these are the largest :> Found some when I was trying to look these guys up again long ago when I forgot their name :> I just remember them as g. spherica...:>

[rytallica898]

thats fuking sweet.

[syndrah]

once again billy meier is right