North Atlantic Whale Louse [Lernaeopoda atlantica]
Description
The North Atlantic Whale Louse is a small copepod parasite that thrives in the North Atlantic Ocean. It attaches itself to the baleen plates of whales to feed. It is characterized by its cylindrical body and two pairs of antennae.
Taxonomy
| Phylum |
Arthropods
Arthropoda
|
|---|---|
| Class |
Copepods
Copepoda
|
| Order |
Cyclopoida
Cyclopoida
|
| Family |
Lernaeidae
Lernaeidae
|
| Genus |
Lernaeopoda
Lernaeopoda
|