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  2. Orthione griffenis - Wikipedia

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    Orthione griffenis is an Epicaridean isopoda parasite that is found on the gill chamber of Upogebia mud shrimp. [3] Female O. griffenis are quite different from their male counterpart. Females have an oblong body, that is typically 6-24mm long with a width of half the length.

  3. Upogebia pugettensis - Wikipedia

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    Upogebia pugettensis is currently facing a serious threat from the non-native isopod parasite Orthione griffenis (Markham, 2004). Female Upogebia pugettensis are infested with the parasite more than their male counterparts (80% compared to 57%). Female Orthione griffenis attach themselves to the gill of the shrimp. They then consume the blood ...

  4. List of animals of Long Island Sound - Wikipedia

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    Long Island Sound is a large marine estuary in the Northeastern United States. It forms the maritime border between the states of New York and Connecticut.It is diverse and serves as a breeding ground to many different types of marine animal species; the following is a list of said species by scientific and/or common name.

  5. Mud shrimp - Wikipedia

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    The term mud shrimp is used for a number of different mud-dwelling crustaceans: The former infraorder Thalassinidea, which included genera such as Callianassa, Pestarella and Upogebia. Infraorder Axiidea, comprising part of the former infraorder Thalassinidea; Infraorder Gebiidea, comprising part of the former infraorder Thalassinidea

  6. From the sex lives of pygmy seahorses to parasites living in ...

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    From the sex lives of pygmy seahorses to parasites living in fish nostrils: these photos tell extraordinary ocean stories Nell Lewis, CNN January 16, 2025 at 4:25 AM

  7. Triops longicaudatus - Wikipedia

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    Triops longicaudatus (commonly called American tadpole shrimp or longtail tadpole shrimp) is a freshwater crustacean of the order Notostraca, resembling a miniature horseshoe crab. It is characterized by an elongated, segmented body, a flattened shield-like brownish carapace covering two thirds of the thorax, and two long filaments on the abdomen.

  8. Bopyridae - Wikipedia

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    Shrimp displaying bulge indicating bopyrid parasitism. The Bopyridae are a family of isopod crustaceans in the suborder Cymothoida. There are 1223 individual species contained in this family. [1] [2] Members of the family are ectoparasites of crabs and shrimp. They live in the gill cavities or under the carapace where they cause a noticeable ...

  9. Rescuers free 2 horses stuck in the mud in Connecticut - AOL

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    Two horses stuck deep in mud for hours in Connecticut were pulled out by more than a dozen rescuers Saturday, emerging messy and tired, but safe. A trio of horses were walking from a pasture to a ...