Cymothoa exigua, or the tongue-eating louse, is a parasitic isopod of the family Cymothoidae. It enters a fish through the gills. The female attaches...
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epimerica Avdeev, 1979 Cymothoa eremita (Brunnich, 1783) Cymothoa excisa Perty, 1833 Cymothoa exigua Schiödte & Meinert, 1884 Cymothoa eximia Schiödte & Meinert...
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ectoparasites, usually of fish, and they include the bizarre "tongue-biter" (Cymothoa exigua), which attaches to a fish's tongue, causing it to atrophy, and replaces...
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mouthparts and clawed limbs adapted for clinging onto their hosts. Cymothoa exigua is a parasite of various marine fish. It causes the tongue of the fish...
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including humans, sex is determined genetically; however, species such as Cymothoa exigua change sex depending on the number of females present in the vicinity...
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minute brown scavenger beetle Curcuma exigua, a perennial herb Cymbella exigua, a unicellular algae Cymothoa exigua, a parasitic crustacean This disambiguation...
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crustaceans; and entoniscidae living inside some species of crab and shrimp. Cymothoa exigua is a parasite of the spotted rose snapper Lutjanus guttatus in the...
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hosts, for example, attached to their skin) Acari Varroa destructor Cymothoa exigua Amblyoponinae (Dracula ants) Bed bugs Culicidae (mosquitoes) Calyptra...
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A fish parasite, the isopod Cymothoa exigua, replacing the tongue of a Lithognathus...
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(female) 20–70 mm Loa loa Arthropod animal Cymothoa exigua Tongue-eating louse length (female) 8–29 mm Cymothoa exigua Nematode animal Enterobius Pinworm length...
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hosts (including sea lice, fish lice, whale lice, tongue worms, and Cymothoa exigua, all of which may be referred to as "crustacean lice"), and adult barnacles...
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