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Amphipod Phronima inhabiting a salp.

Amphipod Phronima inhabiting a salp.
Amphipod Phronima inhabiting a salp.
Amphipod Phronima inhabiting a salp.
Amphipod Phronima inhabiting a salp.
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Berglund, Jennifer
Amphipod Phronima inhabiting a salp.
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08/15/2018
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Caption from Oceanus magazine, Vol. 54, No. 1, pg. 21:
Pram bug (Phronima sp.) This semi-transparent parasitic crustacean lives in surface waters of the deep ocean. It attacks and eats the insides of a kind of gelatinous animal called a salp (some salps live at the surface, but others migrate to and from the twilight zone). After the pram bug has finished feasting, it uses the salp’s protective husk as a brood chamber for its eggs and young, sometimes leaving the interior to catch prey or push the salp carcass along—as one would a pram or stroller. The pram bug is also believed to be the inspiration for the voracious creature in the “Alien” movie series.
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© Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution
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