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Ellobiopsidae from the Pacific
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Parasitic DiseaseEngineeringEntomologyZoological TaxonomyArthropod TaxonomyPhylogeneticsBiogeographyMarine BiodiversityShrimp Pasiphaea PacificaParasitologyHost-parasite RelationshipBiodiversityMarine BiotaNortheastern Pacific OceanBiologyMarine EcologyMicrobiologyMarine BiologySymbiosisMedicineParasite Amallocystis Capillosus
The parasite Amallocystis capillosus has appeared on the shrimp Pasiphaea pacifica. This is the first report of this group of parasites from the northeastern Pacific Ocean. The parasite causes a morphological modification of the rostrum of the host.