Imagine a small, otherworldly looking crustacean that invades its host ... plot (because it sort of is), but the tongue-replacing parasite is very real. The movie imagines mutated parasites ...

One study specifically examined the expression of metallothioneins (MTs) in a parasitic crustacean, Lamproglena clariae, and its host, Clarias gariepinus. The findings indicated that MT levels in ...

Ecology, biology, pathogenesis and systematics of waterfowl helminths; host-parasite responses of larval helminths and crustaceans. Parasites are an integral component of the life history of most ...

In another study focusing on crustaceans, researchers found that infection with a specific acanthocephalan parasite reduced anxiety-like behaviors in its host, the amphipod Gammarus fossarum.

Parasites are also a food source for various aquatic animals, such as cleaner fish, which feast on the small crustacean parasites on the skin of their clients. Parasites can also be used as ...

Scientists have predicted that the rate of foodborne trematode infections will remain stable up to 2030. Foodborne ...