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Photo by CamilaVieira
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Description:

Found in a fish skin

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Comments (2)
CamilaVieira
Thanks Daniel, I was really curious, you helped me!!
DanielRowson
Hi Camila and welcome to Project Noah! This looks like an isopod, some of which are parasites of fish. According to Wikipedia (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Isopoda), the Flabellifera and Cymothoida suborders of isopoda contain parasitic species. Although this is not the species you have spotted, Cymothoa exigua is worth checking out - it eats fishes tongues and then sits in their place! Fascinating stuff: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cymothoa_exigua. Happy spotting :)

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