>While sorting some benthic samples from the Gulf of Alaska, ...
>I was wondering if anyone had an idea about what these could be? I
>thought maybe a copepod, but that's only because more often than not any
>marine parasite I don't recognize turns out to be a copepod.
I am not an expert in this matter, but from your general description I
would indeed presume that it is a copepod. There should be people around
interested in your find.
Helmut ZIBROWIUS
(Centre d'Oceanologie de Marseille)
Station Marine d'Endoume
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