Marine Wildlife | Crabs, Shrimps & Crays | Copepod Fish Parasite

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  Scientific Name :Perissopus sp. (Hillarys)
  Reference Number : LLH-605
  Common Name : Copepod Fish Parasite
  Description :

Phylum Crustacea; Subclass Copepoda; Order Siphonostomatoida; Family Pandaridae - Females with paired egg sacs extruded from the genital region; these Copepod Fish Parasites were parasitizing Bronze Whaler Shark Carcharhinus brachyurus - Caught west of Hillarys, Perth; Western Australia