Anthessiidae sp. 2
~1-2mm

A number of species of sea slug support these tiny whitish parasitic copepods. There may be more than one copepod species illustrated on this page, or these may be a color form of the pink variety shown here. The first pair of photos shows a copepod with its egg cylinders on the flatworm Pseudobiceros gratus.

The next two photos by Ken Cone at Majuro show a copepod on a species of Gymnodoris.

Another on a Gymnodoris species at Kwajalein.

On a Phyllodesmium nudibranch.

The white one below was on a Dolabrifera dolabrifera sea hare photographed by Ken Cone at Majuro.

Created 7 June 2021
Updated 14 March 2024

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