bogleech:bogleech:holy shiiiiit every time I think I’ve seen it all in terms of biology there’s stil
bogleech:bogleech:holy shiiiiit every time I think I’ve seen it all in terms of biology there’s still always something new! Look at DENDROGASTER.These are parasites found only inside of starfish and they are CRUSTACEANS. There are many parasitic crustaceans who lose all arthropod anatomy as they mature and come out like just a glob of flesh but I’ve never seen one this ornate!It’d be cool if there were scientific papers explaining these that didn’t cost $50 to access but I have pieced together that these are related to copepods and what we’re seeing are the females, while the males remain in microscopic larva-like forms inside of their mates.These are all typical characteristics of many other parasitic crustaceans who reduce themselves down to just fleshy masses. There really are LOTS of those.you can use Sci-Hub to donwload all these expensive scientific papers! -- source link
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