Philippe Boissel, Frankreich
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Very special thanks for the first photo of the parasitic isopod Anilocra frontalis to Philippe Boissel, France, merci!!!
Anilocra frontalis is a parasitic fishlouse that actively and at a fairly fast speed swims by fishes from the family Labridae,
often also to several animals, attacks and bites itself as fast as lightning directly behind the eye of the wrasse.
The fishlouse continuously sucks blood and cell juices from the fish's body and feeds on these fluids.
As a rule, these parasitic isopods only leave their value when "there is nothing left to get", i.e. when the host fish is so weakened by constant bloodletting,
that it's dying.
Depending on the state of health and strength of the fish, the decline lasts longer or shorter.
With a size of up to 3cm, even the usual cleaner fishes such as wrasses usually do not help anymore.
Parasitic fish isopods can be found in all oceans,
Anilocra frontalis is a parasitic fishlouse that actively and at a fairly fast speed swims by fishes from the family Labridae,
often also to several animals, attacks and bites itself as fast as lightning directly behind the eye of the wrasse.
The fishlouse continuously sucks blood and cell juices from the fish's body and feeds on these fluids.
As a rule, these parasitic isopods only leave their value when "there is nothing left to get", i.e. when the host fish is so weakened by constant bloodletting,
that it's dying.
Depending on the state of health and strength of the fish, the decline lasts longer or shorter.
With a size of up to 3cm, even the usual cleaner fishes such as wrasses usually do not help anymore.
Parasitic fish isopods can be found in all oceans,
