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Title: Sea dragon parasite. Australia.
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A pair of parasytic isopods attached to a leafy seadragon. Typically the larger individual is the female, the smaller male is above and on the right. Wool Bay Jetty, Edithburgh, Yorke Peninsular, South Australia. Gulf of St Vincent.
Note how this species of isopod has an ornately shaped carapace to disguise it on the seadragon.
Note how this species of isopod has an ornately shaped carapace to disguise it on the seadragon.
- Bony Fishes: Osteichthyes
- Edithburgh
- Fishes
- kelp forest
- leafy seadragon: Phycodurus eques
- macro
- Marine Life
- Seahorses: Syngathidae: Sygnathidae
- South Australia
- temperate
- Wool Bay
- Yorke Peninsula