Invasion of the Body Snatching Parasites

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Parasites

• What is a parasite?

An organism that benefits at the expense of a
different species of organism
There are LOTS of different types of parasites
Great fleas have little fleas upon their backs to
bite 'em,/ And little fleas have lesser fleas,
and so ad infinitum. -Jonathan Swift
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Local Parasites (animals)
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Local Parasites (plants)
L.A. County Department of Agricultural
Commissioner
Andrew Dunn
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Ocean Parasites
Stephen A. ("Ash") Bullard, PhD
Liz Traver
Edie Walker
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The Body Snatchers

• Act One Tongue-eating louse
• Act Two Parasitic barnacle (rhizocephalans)
• Act Three Trematode flukes

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The tongue-eating louse (Cymothoa exigua)
Andy Hayward
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The tongue-eating louse (Cymothoa exigua)
Matthew R. Gilligan, Savannah State University
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Parasitic Barnacles(rhizocephalans)
What is a Barnacle?
Ernst Haeckel 1904
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Barnacles
M.Buschmann
Michael Maggs
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So whats a parasitic barnacle?
Images from http//www.mesa.edu.au/
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Barnacle vs. Barnacle(?)
Nancy Sefton
Hans Hillewaert
A parasitic barnacle the rhizocephalan
NOAA
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Rhizocephalan Story
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Rhizocephalan Story
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Barnacle life cycle
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Rhizocephalan Story
Glenner et al. (2008)
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Normal crab
Martin L Gary
Crab infected with rhizocephalan
Normal crab with eggs
NOAA
Stephen A. ("Ash") Bullard, PhD
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Rhizocephalan Story
Hans Hillewaert
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Rhizocephalan Story
Stephen A. ("Ash") Bullard, PhD
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Parasitic trematode fluke story Euhaplorchis
californiensis
Todd Huspeni
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LocationBallona Lagoon/ Venice Canals
Tara Crow
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The CastThe California Horn SnailCerithidea
california
Photos Peter Bryant
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The CastThe California KillifishFundulus
parvipinnis
Kelliann LeConte
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The CastThe Snowy EgretEgretta thula
Will Elder, NPS
Regualr Daddy
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The Trematode Fluke StoryEuhaplorchis
californiensis
Snowy Egret
Fluke Eggs in Mud
I see food!
Nom, nom, nom nom
bird poops
Johnath
I feel funny Ugh.
Will Elder, NPS
Time passes
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CA Killifish
CA Hornsnail
Kelliann LeConte
Peter Bryant
Fluke image Todd Huspeni
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Questions?
Thank you to all the contributing
photographers Slideshow created by Tara Crow
Santa Monica Pier Aquarium. Contact
tcrow_at_healthebay.org