Whale Lice on Humpback Whale Calf | Cyamis boopis | Megaptera novaeangliae
Humpback whale calf (Megaptera novaeangliae) with an infestation of whale lice (Cyamis boopis), an ectoparasite that lives exclusively on humpback whales. Single hairs protruding from the round tubercules on the whale's head are also visible.
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Humpback Whale Animalia Chordata Mammalia Eutheria Cetacea Mysticeti Balaenopteridae Megaptera novaeangliae Cetartiodactyla Baleen Whale CITES Appendix 1 Filter Feeder Endangered: IUCN Red List Marine Mammal Mysticete Rorqual Calf Tubercle Parasite Whale Louse Arthropoda Crustacea Malacostraca Amphipoda Cyamidae Cyamus boopis South Pacific Tonga Vava’u
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