Fused Deep-Sea Anglerfishes (IMAGE)

Max Planck Institute of Immunobiology and Epigenetics

Fused Deep-Sea Anglerfishes

Caption

Female of the species Photocorynus spiniceps, 46 mm, with a 6,2 mm parasitic male fused to her back.

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Theodore W. Pietsch

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