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Isopods Cause Reproductive Death in Shrimp

Kevin Zelnio March 12, 2010 Argeiopsis Arthropoda Best of Zelnio Bopyrid Crustacea Isopoda Parasite Parasitic Castration Shrimp Stenopus

Isopods, you know them as those adorable little roly-poly bugs under rocks in the forest or the gigantic Bathynomus of the deep sea. They are…

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LOLRhizocephalans: Plotting to Take Over the World

Kevin Zelnio February 21, 2008 Best of Zelnio Briarosaccus Cypris Hydrothermal Vent Paralomis Parasite Parasitic Castration Reproduction Rhizocephala

Rhizocephalan overlord,Peltogaster paguri (tubular thing sticking up on the right), infecting hermit crab. Photo courtesy of Jens Hoeg, used with permission. Rhizocephala are curious creatures.…

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