#cymothoa

[chameleocoonj]

🦐🦞🦀Merry Crabmas!🦀🦞🦐

Well... kind of. These aren't crabs but they are crustaceans, parasitic ones! I found a fish louse at my work and I thought it was soooooo cute I had to draw it with some friends. Details under the cut!

Sacculina-- group: barnacles, host: crabs

Cancrion-- group: isopod, host: crabs, larva and adult males pictured

Cymothoa-- group: isopod, host: fish, the "tongue eating louse"

Cyprids-- larval stage of barnacles

Nauplius-- larval stage of many crustaceans

Dendrogaster-- closest group: barnacles, host: seastars

Lernaea-- group: copepods, host: fish, the "anchor worm"

Anelasma-- group: barnacles, host: lantern sharks

Lepeophtheirus-- group: copepods, host: fish

Ommatokoita-- group: copepods, host: greenland sharks

Argulus-- group: fish lice, host: fish

The groups I've labelled these as are pretty broad and a lot more complicated when you get into the details, but rest assured they are all currently types of crustaceans! Anchor worms and Argulus fish lice are the species most people would be most likely to encounter as they are common in the aquarium hobby. The others here are a bit more specialized and mostly marine. I also used some generic barnacles as filler, but it should be noted that not all barnacles are considered parasitic.

I could talk about these guys all day, but I think it might be more fun to go on your own wikipedia journey!! <3

[snototter]

A Clark's anemonefish (Amphiprion clarkii) infested by a tongue-eating louse (Cymothoa exigua) in Indonesia

by Christian Gloor

[saucylobster]

Dwelling in the deepest depths, Iron ROVer are superbly adapted to the cold, crushing abyss. Curious pokemon that light up the farthest fathoms, they always seem to be in search of something, regarding their surroundings with an endless curiosity. Their outer shell resembles a fish but the true seat of its conciousness is the small "passenger" in its mouth. Modern Isorov --Attack Info-- --Ability Info--

[animalids]

Tongue-eating louse (Cymothoa sp.)

Photo by Arthur Anker

[earpeeler]

Ritual Madness Podcast – Episode #157, Endless Reign Returns! Episode #157, Endless Reign Returns! The boys of Endless Reign Return in full force! We had a chance to chat about the up coming release of their second cd.

[earpeeler]

Disciples Of The Watch – DOTW Episode 54 Featuring Music from CYMOTHOA and DEFORMATORY

Disciples Of The Watch – DOTW Episode 54 Featuring Music from CYMOTHOA and DEFORMATORY

In this episode we’ll discuss current events, what’s Nate been listening to, independent music from Cymothoa from Minneapolis, Minnesota and Deformatory out of Ottawa, Canada, we’ll discuss some tidbits from the music-related podcast community in the Podcast Roundup, and we’ll wrap the show taking a look at TeamRock’s Proof that 1980 was the best year for Heavy Metal – are they right? Go here to…

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[earpeeler]

Disciples Of The Watch – DOTW Episode 54 Featuring Music from CYMOTHOA and DEFORMATORY

Disciples Of The Watch – DOTW Episode 54 Featuring Music from CYMOTHOA and DEFORMATORY

In this episode we’ll discuss current events, what’s Nate been listening to, independent music from Cymothoa from Minneapolis, Minnesota and Deformatory out of Ottawa, Canada, we’ll discuss some tidbits from the music-related podcast community in the Podcast Roundup, and we’ll wrap the show taking a look at TeamRock’s Proof that 1980 was the best year for Heavy Metal – are they right? Go here to…

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[tidalarch]

Your weekly Sunday post Cymothoa are ancient creatures, some growing to a colossal size, smaller breeds, known as "tongue eaters" have been plague to both fish and merfolk alike until the recent ages. Their preferred niche is in that of any fishes mouth, they do, in fact, eat the tongue of their host, and take its place and then attach themselves to the back of the throat. They benefit from food their hosts ingests and are given protection.

Tongue eaters were sometimes used in ancient practice for "guppies" in training for opera, as the parasite has been known to improve singing tone and pitch. After this practice died out, they were considered scourge of merfolk and dropped severely in numbers until recent centuries. Some youth of Pilgi have adopted the practice of introducing cymothoa into their mouths. This is seen mainly a status symbol, much like piercing the ears/tongue or earning a tattoo. This moorish angel fish familiar can talk just fine with one.

Since many merfolk have poor sense of taste (despite having excellent olfactory senses) loosing your tongue isn't a huge deal compared to cultures above water.