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Eyes Under Puget SoundThis species image was collected from Puget Sound sediments and photographed by the Washington State Department of Ecologys Marine Sediment Monitoring Team. For more information about this teams work visit: ecology.wa.gov/Water-Shorelines/Puget-Sound/Sound-science...Cant get enough benthos? Check out our Eyes Under Puget Sound - Critter of the Month blogs at: ecology.wa.gov/Blog/Search?tag=7&category=2
Report on the zoological collections made in the Indo-Pacific Ocean during the voyage of H.M.S. 'Alert' 1881-2.London :Printed by order of the Trustees,1884. biodiversitylibrary.org/page/12067748
I caught a snapper off the rocks on Rangitoto Island and when I had landed it, this creature crawled out of it's mouth. I happened to have my camera with me - I was nearly gagging watching it.Cymothoa exigua, or the tongue-eating louse, is a parasitic crustacean of the family Cymothoidae. It tends to be 3 to 4 centimetres (1.2 to 1.6 in) long. This parasite enters through the gills, and then attaches itself at the base of the spotted rose snapper's (Lutjanus guttatus) tongue. It extracts blood through the claws on its front, causing the tongue to atrophy from lack of blood. The parasite then replaces the fish's tongue by attaching its own body to the muscles of the tongue stub. The fish is able to use the parasite just like a normal tongue. It appears that the parasite does not cause any other damage to the host fish. Once C. exigua replaces the tongue, some feed on the host's blood and many others feed on fish mucus. This is the only known case of a parasite functionally replacing a host organ. It is currently believed that C. exigua are not harmful to humans unless picked up alive, in which case they can bite.Imagine if Cockroaches crawled into your mouth at night and attached itself to your tongue.www.propartganda.comandy@haumoana.com
Summary[edit] Description: English: New Alpioniscus species discovered by astronauts during a CAVES training event. Date: 15 September 2014. Source: Own work. Author: SirioS.
Summary[edit] Description: Français : Deux exemplaires de Cæcosphæroma enroulés et un de Cæcosphæroma à plat. Ces trois exemplaires proviennent du Spéléodrome de Nancy (Villers-lès-Nancy, France). Date: 26 October 2012, 14:25:36. Source: Own work. Author: Xtof054. Camera location48° 39′ 55.14″ N, 6° 06′ 55.41″ EView all coordinates using: OpenStreetMap 48.665318; 6.115391.
Summary[edit] Description: English: A coastal Isopod of the family Sphaeromatidae (Malacostraca, Isopoda), from one of the genera formerly collectively known as "Sphaeroma" - Lekanesphaera rugicauda looks superficially similar. Locality : Wimereux, France Français : Isopode de la famille Sphaeromatidae (Malacostraca, Isopoda), et du ancien genre "Sphaeroma s.l." - l'espèce Lekanesphaera rugicauda serait plus ou moins similaire. Localité : Wimereux, France. Date: 14 October 2011, 17:03:31. Source: Own work. Author: Gilles San Martin.
Summary[edit] Description: Acinidae, a free-living isopod, 12 mm. Lower Chesapeake Bay, Middle Ground, Northampton County, VA - 11/22/13. Caught by VIMS Trawl Survey. Photo by Robert Aguilar, Smithsonian Environmental ResearchCenter. Date: 25 April 2006, 02:29. Source: Acinidae_(I0713). Author: Smithsonian Environmental Research Center.
Summary[edit] Description: Français : Cloporte avec sa couvée sur le ventre (marsupium). Date: 13 June 2012. Source: Own work. Author: Agrillo MarioMe contacter. Permission (Reusing this file): redistribution à l'identique. Other versions: .
Summary[edit] Author: xpda. Description: Armadillidiidae, pillbugs, order: Isopoda. Depicted place: Pryor, Mayes County, OK. Date: 12 October 2012. Credit line: Robert Webster / xpda.com / CC-BY-SA-4.0. References: iNaturalist.org, this observation. BugGuide.net, Armadillidiidae. xpda.com/bugs, Armadillidiidae. Source: Own work. Licensing[edit] : This file is licensed under the Creative CommonsAttribution-Share Alike 4.0 International license. :. You are free: to share – to copy, distribute and transmit the work to remix – to adapt the work Under the following conditions: attribution – You must give appropriate credit, provide a link to the license, and indicate if changes were made. You may do so in any reasonable manner, but not in any way that suggests the licensor endorses you or your use. share alike – If you remix, transform, or build upon the material, you must distribute your contributions under the same or compatible license as the original. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0 CC BY-SA 4.0 Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 4.0 truetrue.
Summary[edit] Description: This file has no description, and may be lacking other information. Please provide a meaningful description of this file. Date: 28 July 2007. Source: Own work. Author: Erin Hayes-Pontius. From the Vermont EPSCoR Streams Project Licensing[edit] : This file is licensed under the Creative CommonsAttribution-Share Alike 3.0 Unported license.:. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0 CC BY-SA 3.0 Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 3.0 truetrue.
Sidabalok CM, Wong HP-S, Ng PKL (2020) Description of the supergiant isopod Bathynomus raksasa sp. nov. (Crustacea, Isopoda, Cirolanidae) from southern Java, the first record of the genus from Indonesia. ZooKeys 947: 39-52.
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Figure 4; A, C, E Bathynomus raksasa sp. nov. holotype male (363 mm) (MZB Cru.Iso 097), Indonesia B, D, F B. giganteus male (354 mm) (ZRC 2014.0837), Caribbean A, B clypeus ventral surface C, D anterior of head E, F body, ventral view.
Summary[edit] Description: English: Artist rendering of Thermosphaeroma thermophilum (Socorro isopod or Socorro sowbug) Français : Vision d'artiste du très rare isopode de Socorro. Thermosphaeroma thermophilum. Date: 1 December 2008, 01:17:54 (according to Exif data). Source: Own work. Author: Gelweo. Licensing[edit] I, the copyright holder of this work, hereby publish it under the following licenses: : Permission is granted to copy, distribute and/or modify this document under the terms of the GNU Free Documentation License, Version 1.2 or any later version published by the Free Software Foundation; with no Invariant Sections, no Front-Cover Texts, and no Back-Cover Texts. A copy of the license is included in the section entitled GNU Free Documentation License.http://www.gnu.org/copyleft/fdl.htmlGFDLGNU Free Documentation Licensetruetrue. : This file is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 3.0 Unported, 2.5 Generic, 2.0 Generic and 1.0 Generic license.:. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0 CC BY-SA 3.0 Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 3.0 truetrue. You may select the license of your choice.