Cookiecutter shark (Isistius brasiliensis) bite plugs of flesh from cetaceans and other large...
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North Atlantic or sea lamprey (Petromyzon marinus), showing mouth detail
Pacific lamprey (Lampetra tridentate), occuring on cetaceans in the North Pacific (formerly...
Pseudo-stalked barnacle (Xenobalanus globicipitis)I, individual and three attached to cetacean...
Stalked or rabbit-eared barnacle (Conchoderma auritum), individual attached to acorn barnacle and...
Acorn barnacle (Cryptolepas rhacianecti), occurring on grey whales and belugas
Generic whale louse
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Little grey louse (Cyamus kessleri), which occurs only on grey whale
Grey whale louse (Cyamus eschrichtii), which occurs only on grey whale
Grey whale louse (Cyamus scammoni), which occurs only on grey whale
Whale louse (Cyamus ceti), which occurs only on grey and bowhead whales
Close-up of barnacles and lice on grey whale
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Whale louse (Cyamus balaenopterae), which occurs on common minke whale, blue whale and fin whale
Lice all occurring on grey whale; from left to right Cyamus eschrichtii, C. kessleri, C....
Whale louse (Cyamus boopis), which occurs on humpback whale; also recorded on single southern...
Whale louse (Orcinocyamus orcini), which occurs on killer whale or orca
Whale lice occurring on all right whale species; from left to right Cyamus erraticus, C. ovalis,...
Whale lice all occurring on sperm whale; from left to right Cyamus mesorubraedon, C. catodontis,...