Parasite of the Day

Pea crabs are a type of tiny crabs that live mostly in bivalve shellfish such as mussels, oysters, and scallops. Scientifically known as pin...

Sacculina pilosella is a parasite of spider crabs ( Scyra ferox ), and while it is technically a barnacle, you're going to have to aban...

Sometimes a new scientific discovery comes about while one is doing the most mundane things, and it might not even be a scientist who happen...

Like any living things, parasites can themselves become host to other infectious agents as well, and parasites that specialise in parasitisi...

Crabs have some pretty scary parasites infecting them. They range from worms that use them as vehicles to complete their complex life cyc...

Pea crabs ( Pinnotheridae ) are tiny crabs that have evolved to live with or within larger aquatic invertebrates. Some species take up resid...

Life as a pea crab seems pretty sweet, you spend most of your time sitting snug and protected within the armoured shelter of a shellfish, wh...

There are many parasites that castrate their hosts - the parasitic barnacle that feed on the velvet belly lantern shark, the nightmarish Sa...

Today's parasite, Hematodinium sp., infects blue crabs and causes a disease known as "bitter crab". While the name may sound ...

Gynaecotyla longiintestinata is a marine trematode from the Aveiro estuary of Potugal. It is in the same family as Maritrema novaezealanden...

Parasites don't always have things go their own ways. Even in the parasite world, sometimes the hustler gets hustled. There are parasite...

Parasites that have complex life cycles involving marine creatures really baffle me - the odds of them completing their life cycle just seem...

How many kind of food can you name comes with its own side dish? Well, the eastern oyster ( Crassostrea virginica ) should be on that list. ...

This amoeba is responsible for causing disease in several species of crabs and lobster. It is a feared parasite amongst crab fishermen and ...

Some crabs, like hermit crabs, live in the discarded shells of mollusks, but some, like the pea crab Pinnotheres pisum , just can't wait...

Yesterday was an instance of an animal parasite that was recently discovered in a human. Today's parasite, Paragonimus westermanni , is...

The parasite Maritrema novaezealandensis is commonly found on the coast of South Island, New Zealand. It is a trematode with a typical thre...

A great example of a crustacean that parasitizes another crustacean is the barnacle, Sacculina carcini , which is a parasite of crabs. Thes...