In some cases, though, the isopod drinks and drinks until the tissue begins to wither and atrophy, transforming the tongue into a stub. The parasite’s super-strong legs, built like grappling ...

Does a Photo Show a Parasite That Replaced a Fish's Tongue? ... Only a handful of the at least 95 known families of isopods are parasitic, one of which being cymothoid, ...

There are about 380 species of tongue-eating isopods, and most target a specific fish species as their host, according to the Two Oceans Aquarium in Cape Town, South Africa. This type of isopod ...

It then drinks blood from the tongue, eventually draining so much of it that the organ dies, falls off and is replaced by the burgeoning parasite. “I found a tongue-eating isopod in one of our ...

The park shared the photo of an Atlantic Croaker that was hosting a “parasitic isopod called a tongue-eating louse.” “This parasite detaches the fish’s tongue, attaches itself to the fish ...

The famous tongue replacement isopod, Ceratothoa famosa, in the mouth of a Cape seabream. Professor Nico Smit specializes in aquatic parasitology at Northwestern University in South Africa.

Inside this Atlantic Croaker’s mouth is a parasitic isopod called a tongue-eating louse. This parasite detaches the fish’s tongue, attaches itself to the fish’s mouth, and becomes its tongue." ...

Some animals are naturally tongueless, but certain unlucky fish lose their tongues to parasites. This largespot pompano has had its tongue eaten, and replaced, by a female tongue-biter isopod.

The coprolite fossil preserves the shape of a small parasitic isopod, now identified as a new genus and species named Calverteca osbornei, in honor of Osborne, who found the specimen.

The famous tongue replacement isopod, Ceratothoa famosa, in the mouth of a Cape seabream. Many years ago, while working on his Ph.D., Smit ran across something special in the coastal waters off ...

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.

Many years ago, while working on his Ph.D., Smit ran across something special in the coastal waters off South Africa: a tongue-replacing parasite. Search Query Show Search. HOME. News.