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Ismaila belciki Ho, 1987
Ismaila copepods of the Splanchnotrophidae family are specialist parasites of sea slugs.
The pink parasitic copepod in the article photo parasitizes the Tubastrea-eating nematode Phestilla melanobrachia. The photo was taken from Taiwan. It is not known what damage this nudibranch suffers from the parasite. Unfortunately, further information is not available.
Ismaila copepods of the Splanchnotrophidae family are specialist parasites of sea slugs.
The pink parasitic copepod in the article photo parasitizes the Tubastrea-eating nematode Phestilla melanobrachia. The photo was taken from Taiwan. It is not known what damage this nudibranch suffers from the parasite. Unfortunately, further information is not available.