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Photo by Gaëtan Jouvenez on iNaturalist

Today’s Isopod is:

The Harford’s Isopod

Aega harfordi, Cirolana harfordi and Cirolana toyamaensis.

It’s been a hot minute since I made an isopost, and Harfords Isopod is a wonderful reason to post!

There are 48 genera of these cuties. They’re an aquatic species that can be described as both a scavenger and hunter. They use their adorable antennules to pick up the scent of food. Things like polychaetes and crustaceans. They have also been known to attack full on fish and cause problems for fisheries. It’s believed they have the ability to sense when an animal is sick or dying and will parasitize them. Just one meal can sustain them for three weeks. They’re found along beaches, rocky shores, mussel beds, mangroves and lagoons. They’ve got a discontinuous range all about the North Pacific. In the eastern pacific British Columbia to San José del Cabo, Baja California Sur. They’ve also been introduced into Australian waters, where they are considered invasive. They range from about 1-2 cms long (0.393701 -0.8 inches). They’ve got a lovely oval shape and are white, with tiny brown dots covering them, making them appear tan. They’ve also got big ol peepers, which makes them more distinctive from other similar pods. They’re considered least concern and a fairly common isopod

Overall a delightful scavenger/hunter isopod. I hope I find one in the wild someday

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Today’s Isopod is the

Tounge Eating Louse: Cymothoa exigua

These suckers are an aquatic variant of isopods in the parasitoid isopod family, Cymothoidae. Cymothoa Exigua enters a fish’s body through the gills, and the female attaches itself to the tongue, while the male attaches to the gill, arching behind and beneath the female. Once settled, the female will sever the blood vessels in the fishes tongue, causing it to wither and fall off. From then on the female will continue to eat the host fish’s blood and mucus. This crazy method of feeding is what got them their name.

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They are also protandric hermaphrodites! Thus making my favorite images of them the times the infect a clown fish. Twinning!!

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an isopod!

Today, Jesus is holding:

An Isopod

#the crustacean has come to know the love of god

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hey y'all. i was morosely flipping through a sketchbook and found my magnum opus tucked in the back. this is 100% the best thing ive ever made and i gotta share it. behold: baby isopod. may it brighten your day as it did mine.