Bopyroides hippolytes  (Shrimp Parasitic Isopod)

Photo of Bopyroides hippolytes by Aaron Baldwin

© Aaron Baldwin (Photo ID #10313)

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Photo Location Shaman Island, Juneau, Alaska
Photographer Aaron Baldwin
Habitat In the branchial chamber of hippolytid shrimps
Photo Date July 04, 2008
Upload Date December 24, 2009
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Photo ID # 10313
Comments This isopod parasitizes the branchial chamber of hippolytid shrimps. This one is on the shrimp Heptacarpus brevirostris.