A 425-Million-Year-Old Parasite (IMAGE)

University of Leicester

A 425-Million-Year-Old Parasite

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A 425-million-year-old parasite: the pentastomid Invavita piratica (in orange) attached externally to the shell of its host (an ostracod). The ostracod is using its limbs to swim forward.

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Image credit: Siveter, Briggs, Siveter and Sutton

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