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Found in a fish skin

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CamilaVieira
CamilaVieira 11 years ago

Thanks Daniel,
I was really curious, you helped me!!

Daniel Rowson
Daniel Rowson 11 years ago

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_ex.... Happy spotting :)

CamilaVieira
Spotted by
CamilaVieira

Taguatinga, DF, Brazil

Spotted on May 18, 2013
Submitted on May 20, 2013

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