- A
whale louse is a
crustacean of the
family Cyamidae.
Despite the name, it is not a true
louse (which are insects), but
rather is
related to the skeleton...
- and
diseased individuals are
often infested with a
different species of
cyamid,
which gives the
callosities on
those whales an
orange hue
rather than white...
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placed into the
genus Cyamus as
Cyamus rhytinae. It was the only
species of
cyamid amphipod to be
reported inhabiting a sirenian.
Steller also
identified an...
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called callosities. The
distribution of
callosities and the
light colored cyamids that
occupy the
callosities forms a
unique pattern for
individual whales...
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terrestrial vertebrates as lice and mites;
marine parasites such as
copepods and
cyamid amphipods; monogeneans; and many
species of nematodes, fungi, protozoans...
- can be read left-to-right, much like a timeline.
Whale lice,
parasitic cyamid crustaceans that live off skin debris,
offer further information through...
- belly. The
right whale's
callosities appear white due to
large colonies of
cyamids (whale lice). It is
almost indistinguishable from the
closely related North...
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cyamids or
whale lice,
which feed on the
right whale's skin as
these small crustaceans cannot survive in open water. The
relationship between cyamids...
- groups:
ectoparasites like lice and mites,
marine parasites like
copepods and
cyamid amphipods, and many
kinds of nematode, fungi, protozoa, bacteria, and viruses...
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several fieldmarks: lack of
dorsal fin or bump, very broad,
black back,
cyamid-covered
callosities on the head and lips, a very
arched jaw line, a very...
