Whale lice are external parasites, found in skin lesions, genital folds, nostrils and eyes of marine mammals of the order Cetacea. These include not only whales but also dolphins and …

Jun 29, 2017 · These small crustaceans, also called whale lice or cyamids, feed on the whales’ skin. Incapable of swimming or surviving in the open water, they travel from one whale to …

This close-up photo of a right whale's head shows dozens of hitchhikers—tiny crustaceans known as whale lice, or cyamid amphipods. They live on the rough patches of skin (known as …

Whale lice (Cyamidae; Amphipoda) are ectoparasitic crustaceans adapted to the marine environment with cetaceans as their host. There are few reports of cyamids occurring in …

Jan 1, 2009 · Whale lice (cyamids) are crustacean ectoparasites living on the skin of some species of cetaceans. Whale lice remain among some of the world’s biologically most …

Jan 1, 2018 · Whale lice (Cyamidae) are amphipod crustaceans that spend all phases of their life cycle on cetacean hosts. They are closely related to skeleton shrimp (Caprellidae), but highly …

Jan 16, 2006 · Their shared history was unclear until Jon Seger, an evolutionary geneticist, and his wife, whale biologist Victoria Rowntree, both at the University of Utah, took a look at the …

Apr 8, 2017 · Right whales are known to host three species of cyamids: Cyamus ovalis Roussel de Vauzème, 1834, Cyamus erraticus Roussel de Vauzème, 1834, and Cyamus gracilis …

Whale lice, also known as cyamids, are small crustaceans that parasitize whales. They have a flattened body shape that allows them to move easily through the thick layer of blubber on the …

Cyamids are little-known amphipod crustaceans that live only on cetaceans. Specimens were collected from strandings of three right whales ( Eubalaena glacialis ) and one humpback …