@SteveTrewhella1 @PlanktonPundit @tammy_horton @JimmyBernot @britishmigroup @thembauk Probably a microniscus larva, with the copepod as intermediate host. I don't know of a good source to ID these (figure source: https://t.co/LP8mVrdENC) https://t.co/4yw0G
RT @JimmyBernot: These isopods are really cool. Their life cycle, with 2 different crustacean hosts, is pretty unusual. Second, as adults,…
RT @JimmyBernot: And b/c they grow pretty large on their second host, they are often visible even though they're INSIDE their host's body a…
RT @JimmyBernot: These isopods are really cool. Their life cycle, with 2 different crustacean hosts, is pretty unusual. Second, as adults,…
Just LOOK at what these isopods can transform into on their final host!! Also from: https://t.co/ok2M1xA5aU https://t.co/UZVSIoO8x4
And b/c they grow pretty large on their second host, they are often visible even though they're INSIDE their host's body at that stage! You can sometimes see them in NOAA deep sea ROV footage or even on fossilized crabs! (imgs from: https://t.co/jxCaVtm9ey
These isopods are really cool. Their life cycle, with 2 different crustacean hosts, is pretty unusual. Second, as adults, they are super weird looking, often amorphous and asymmetrical to better fit onto the gill chamber of their host 🧵 @jasondwilliams ht
RT @The_Episiarch: @KellyBrenner Oh! That looks like it's a cryptoniscoid larva using that copepod as an intermediate host See: https://t.c…
RT @The_Episiarch: @KellyBrenner Oh! That looks like it's a cryptoniscoid larva using that copepod as an intermediate host See: https://t.c…
RT @The_Episiarch: @KellyBrenner Oh! That looks like it's a cryptoniscoid larva using that copepod as an intermediate host See: https://t.c…
@KellyBrenner Oh! That looks like it's a cryptoniscoid larva using that copepod as an intermediate host See: https://t.co/thbdhlzApY https://t.co/5C8xviIisk
Non existe demasiada información sobre estes animais, pero todas as especies estudadas dos xeneros Bopyroidea e Cryptoniscoidea teñen un ciclo de vida complexo con dóus hóspedes: un copépodo e un decapodo https://t.co/RNlN7F15IG https://t.co/0wWx827sHr
"@InvertebratesDC: #PLOSONE: The Global Diversity of Parasitic Isopods Associated with Crustacean Hosts http://t.co/6aRhwRtF"
#PLOSONE: The Global Diversity of Parasitic Isopods Associated with Crustacean Hosts http://t.co/1c9We535