Parasitic isopods, particularly those within the family Cymothoidae, represent a remarkable example of host‐parasite coevolution in marine environments. These crustaceans attach to or embed themselves ...

CHAKRABARTI: So Professor Smit remembers that day, many years ago, when he first saw what would become a new species or a new species to science, I should say, of parasitic isopod. SMIT: So I opened ...

A biologist made an unexpected discovery while researching fish heads—a bizarre parasitic crustacean that replaces the tongue of its host. Kory Evans from Rice University in Houston spotted the ...

A Texas state park shared a seemingly unreal photo of a fish whose tongue was eaten by a parasite – and then the parasite replaced the organ altogether. “MARTIAN SPOTTED AT GALVESTON ISLAND STATE PARK ...

A post shared online by Galveston Island State Park has taught some Texans about the existence of a common parasite that terrifyingly replaces the tongues of fish. The parasite, which the park ...

Transcript NICO SMIT: We found a new species of tongue replacement isopod. So these are the isopods that go into the mouth of the fish. They can sit on the tongue, then they destroy the tongue of the ...