Salmon sea louse, fish parasite

  • Kevin Mackenzie, University of Aberdeen
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Salmon sea louse, fish parasite. Kevin Mackenzie, University of Aberdeen. Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0). Source: Wellcome Collection.

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Maximum intensity projection of a salmon sea louse (Lepeophtheirus salmonis), a species of copepod that lives on salmon. This parasite affects both farmed and wild salmon, and has had a devastating economic impact on the salmon farming industry. Autofluorescence (green) from the specimen was imaged after fixation in 2.5% glutaraldehyde. Horizontal image width is 895 microns.

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