http://www.nematomorpha.net/Adults.html
Noble, E.R. et al., 1989 Parasitology p. 437
Large Nematomorph Worm in a Marine Crustacean
Pearse J. et al., 1987 Living Invertebrates, p. 294
Characteristic blunt anterior & branched posterior of a
nematomorph worm
Pearse J. et al., 1987 Living Invertebrates, p. 295
Mass of Adult Nematomorph Worms
Showing Characteristic Coiling Loops
Suggestive of the Gordian Knot of Alexander the Great
http://www.nematomorpha.net/Larvae.html
Nematomorph larvae with stylets
Egg-string of worm
Pearse, J. et al., 1987 Living Invertebrates Blackwell Scientific Publications, p. 266
Crab
Eggs
Found in Egg Masses of Crabs
The Egg Predator Carcinonemertes
Pechenik, J.A. 1996 Biology of the Invertebrates Wm C. Brown Publishers, p. 168
Notice that the Rhynchocoel is Separate from the Digestive Tract
Anatomy of a Nemertean Worm
http://www.vims.edu/env/research/leeches/graphics/Parasitica3.
Photographed and compiled by Mark E. Siddall and Eugene M. Burreson all rights reserved
Placobdella parasitica
Pearse, J. et al., 1987 Living Invertebrates . Blackwell Scientific Publications, p. 266
Attachment Sucker
Found in Marine Bivalve Molluscs
The Commensal Nemertean Malacobdella
Photo Courtesy of Luciano Chiaverano, DISL
Peachia sp. Feeding on the Moon Jellyfish, Aurelia
Photographed and compiled by Mark E. Siddall and Eugene M. Burreson - all rights reserved
http://www.vims.edu/env/research/leeches/graphics/bluecrab2.gif
Cocoons of the leech, Myzobdella lugubris
on carapace of a blue crab
Margin
Bell
http://www.angelfire.com/mo2/animals1/catfish/candiru.html
Photo by Frank Magallanes, OPEFE
http://www.angelfire.com/biz/piranha038/candiru.html
CANDIRU
Photo Courtesy of Luciano Chiaverano, DISL
Gonads
of Host
Parasitic Juvenile Stages of Peachia sp.in
the Gonads and Bell Margin of Host