A number of species of sea slug support these tiny pink colored parasitic copepods. There may be more than one copepod species illustrated on this page, or these may be a color form of the white variety shown here. The first two photos below show a specimen on a species of Goniobranchus nudibranch.
This one is on Thorunna daniellae.
This pink copepod is on a Hypselodoris whitei.
A pair of copepods on Doriprismatica atromarginata.
On Thorunna australis.
On Hypselodoris maculosa.
Created 7 June 2021
Updated 14 March 2024