Dollocaris ingens

Dollocaris ingens was an extraordinary predatory arthropod that patrolled deep Jurassic marine waters, cruising the water column like an underwater raptor. Its most striking feature was a pair of colossal compound eyes containing around eighteen thousand ommatidia each, which accounted for roughly a quarter of its total body length and provided unmatched optical acuity in dim lighting. Enclosed in a bivalved carapace, it relied on three pairs of spiny, claw-like raptorial appendages tucked beneath its shield to ambuscade and snatch prey.