October 18, 2020: Shrimp with Parasite
Image courtesy of the NOAA Office of Ocean Exploration and Research, 2016 Deepwater Exploration of the Marianas. Download larger version (jpg, 1.1 MB).
Scientists were unable to identify the parasite living on the back of this shrimp, seen during the 2016 Deepwater Exploration of the Marianas expedition. Parasites remain one of the most poorly described groups of animals in the world.
From: We Go Together: Commensals and Parasites in the Deep Sea.