Cymothoa exigua

Cymothoa exigua

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Cymothoa exigua, or the tongue-eating louse, is a parasitic crustacean of the family Cymothoidae. This parasite enters fish through the gills, and then attaches itself to the fish's tongue. Isopode marino, endoparassita di pesci Osteitti. Si ancora all'in

Cymothoa exigua, or the tongue-eating louse, is a parasitic crustacean of the family Cymothoidae. The parasite enters fish (here on the back of a Sand steenbras, Lithognathus mormyrus) through the gills and then attaches itself to the fish's tongue. Isopo

Prosanta Chakrabarty showing a Cymothoa exigua (Louisiana State University, Museum of Natural Science)

Cymothoa exigua, or the tongue-eating louse, is a parasitic crustacean of the family Cymothoidae. The parasite enters fish (here a Sand steenbras, Lithognathus mormyrus) through the gills and then attaches itself to the fish's tongue. Isopode marino, endo

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Cymothoa exigua, or the tongue-eating louse, is a parasitic crustacean of the family Cymothoidae. The parasite enters fish (here on the back of a Sand steenbras, Lithognathus mormyrus) through the gills and then attaches itself to the fish's tongue. Isopo

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Cymothoa exigua, or the tongue-eating louse, is a parasitic crustacean of the family Cymothoidae. The parasite enters fish (here a Sand steenbras, Lithognathus mormyrus) through the gills and then attaches itself to the fish's tongue. Isopode marino, endo

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