The picture featured an organism known as a cymothoid isopod and was originally shared on Aug. 3, 2020, by marine biologist Jimmy Bernot, a post-doctoral scholar with the National Science ...

Cymothoids are a family of isopods (a type of crustacean ... have reported the discovery of an extremely rare species of cymothoid, Elthusa splendida, from the East China Sea.

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The behaviour not only provides C. exigua with a safe and sheltered home – a rare commodity in any ocean environment – it allows the isopod to consume as much of the fish’s own blood and mucus as it ...

This cymothoid isopod (Nerocila californica) chews on the tongue of its mullet host (Mugil cephalus). Disclaimer: AAAS and EurekAlert! are not responsible for the accuracy of news releases posted ...

Scientists have discovered an extremely rare species of cymothoid from the mouth of a museum specimen of a deep-sea shark caught from the East China Sea, suggesting its wide distribution around ...

The male giant isopod, known simply as No. 1, last ate on Jan. 2, 2009 — or, to put it in perspective, 18 days before President Obama began his first term. The Two-Way International ...

Isopods (Hemilepistus reaumuri) are strange little creatures that look like lice or cockroaches – and aren’t bugs at all but crustaceans. Common names for them include woodlice, roly-poly ...