(Ingdalen
- The Trondheim fjord / 29 meters / 12.03.2005)
(Ingdalen
- The Trondheim fjord / 29 meters / 12.03.2005)
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Crustacea
Subclass: Copepoda
Order: Poecilostomatoida
Family: Lichomolgidae
Scientific name: Lichomolgus agilis
Norwegian: -
Distribution: This is a common parasite on many mollusk along the coast of Norway. Here it lives of a F. verrucosa.
Characteristics: The body length
is usually no more than 1-2 mm. To the naked eye it looks like one or
three colored blobs. In the latter case, you are looking at a female with
two bags of eggs attached the posterior. The drawing to the left is from
[5].
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