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Cyamus boopis

Index Cyamus boopis

Cyamus boopis is a species of whale louse in the family Cyamidae. [1]

11 relations: Amphipoda, Animal, Arthropod, Barnacle, Coronula diadema, Crustacean, Family (biology), Humpback whale, Malacostraca, Parasitism, Whale louse.

Amphipoda

Amphipoda is an order of malacostracan crustaceans with no carapace and generally with laterally compressed bodies.

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Animal

Animals are multicellular eukaryotic organisms that form the biological kingdom Animalia.

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Arthropod

An arthropod (from Greek ἄρθρον arthron, "joint" and πούς pous, "foot") is an invertebrate animal having an exoskeleton (external skeleton), a segmented body, and paired jointed appendages.

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Barnacle

A barnacle is a type of arthropod constituting the infraclass Cirripedia in the subphylum Crustacea, and is hence related to crabs and lobsters.

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Coronula diadema

Coronula diadema is a species of whale barnacle known to live on humpback whales, and possibly on sperm whales and finback whales.

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Crustacean

Crustaceans (Crustacea) form a large, diverse arthropod taxon which includes such familiar animals as crabs, lobsters, crayfish, shrimp, krill, woodlice, and barnacles.

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Family (biology)

In biological classification, family (familia, plural familiae) is one of the eight major taxonomic ranks; it is classified between order and genus.

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Humpback whale

The humpback whale (Megaptera novaeangliae) is a species of baleen whale.

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Malacostraca

Malacostraca is the largest of the six classes of crustaceans, containing about 40,000 living species, divided among 16 orders.

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Parasitism

In evolutionary biology, parasitism is a relationship between species, where one organism, the parasite, lives on or in another organism, the host, causing it some harm, and is adapted structurally to this way of life.

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Whale louse

A whale louse is a commensal crustacean of the family Cyamidae.

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Redirects here:

Cyamus elongatus, Cyamus pacificus, Cyamus suffuses, Paracyamus boopis.

References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cyamus_boopis

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