Common remora
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The common remora is a pelagic marine fish belonging to the family Echeneidae. The dorsal fin, which has 22 to 26 soft rays, acts as a suction cup, creating a vacuum to allow the fish to attach to lar
Remora remora
Museum specimen, dorsal view
Copepod
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Copepods are a group of small crustaceans found in nearly every freshwater and saltwater habitat. Some species are planktonic, some are benthic, several species have parasitic phases, and some contine
Common remora
…spawns, and little is known about the fish's reproductive behavior. The remora consumes food scraps from its host, as well as plankton and parasitic copepods. No known negative impacts for humans are known. Remoras are occasionally caught as fishing bycatch and put in aquaria. Remoras have been used in fishing…
Веслоногие ракообразные разных видов
Copepods from Ernst Haeckel's Kunstformen der Natur
Egg sac of a copepod
Acanthochondria cornuta, an ectoparasite on flounder in the North Sea