Sea lice Anilocra capensis and Nerocila armata. Small isopod crustaceans that parasitize fish by feeding on their fluids. In the image on the fin of a catalufa (Heteropriacanthus cruentatus). Tenerife, Canary Islands.

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Image size: 3257x2171 pixels (10.9"x7.2" @300dpi)

Shooting date : 2024-07-28

Keywords

Species / Species particularity / Fishes particularity / Saltwater fish

Species / Species particularity / Aquatic species / Saltwater species

Animal / Wild animal / Invertebrate / Arthropod / Crustacean / Isopod / Isopod (Anilocra sp) / Isopod (Anilocra capensis)

Enumeration / Several species

Enumeration / Nobody

Shot / Black background

Animal / Wild animal / Chordate / Vertebrate / Fish (animal) / Bony fish / Actinopterygian / Bigeye / Glasseye (Heteropriacanthus cruentatus)

World sea and ocean / Atlantic Ocean / North Atlantic Ocean / Macaronesia

July

Species / Relation between species / Parasitism / Parasite

Shot / Top view

Environment / Biodiversity

Area / Marine area / Sea / Temperate sea

Europe / European Union / Spain / Canary Islands archipelago / Tenerife

Shot / Macrophotography

Shot / Underwater shot

Shot / Overview

Shot / Close-up

Organism / Morphology / Morphology (zoology) / Fin

Enumeration / Group

Individual / Stage of development / Adult

Animal / Wild animal / Invertebrate / Arthropod / Crustacean / Isopod / Nerocila (Nerocila sp) / Nerocila isopod (Nerocila armata)

Latin keywords

Eukaryota / Opisthokonta / Metazoa / Bilateria / Coelomata / Protostomia / Articulata / Arthropoda / Crustacea / Branchiata / Malacostraca / Eumalocostraca / Peracarida / Isopoda / Cymothoida / Cymothoidae / Anilocra

Eukaryota / Opisthokonta / Metazoa / Bilateria / Coelomata / Deuterostomia / Chordata / Vertebrata / Gnathostomata / Euteleostomi / Actinopterygii / Teleostei / Perciformes / Priacanthidae / Heteropriacanthus

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