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    Cymothoa exigua, or the tongue-eating louse, is a parasitic isopod of the family Cymothoidae. It enters fish through the gills. The female attaches to...
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    epimerica Avdeev, 1979 Cymothoa eremita (Brunnich, 1783) Cymothoa excisa Perty, 1833 Cymothoa exigua Schiödte & Meinert, 1884 Cymothoa eximia Schiödte & Meinert...
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    mouthparts and clawed limbs adapted for clinging onto their hosts. Cymothoa exigua is a parasite of various marine fish. It causes the tongue of the fish...
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    ectoparasites, usually of fish, and they include the bizarre "tongue-biter" (Cymothoa exigua), which attaches to a fish's tongue, causing it to atrophy, and replaces...
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    including humans, sex is determined genetically; however, species such as Cymothoa exigua change sex depending on the number of females present in the vicinity...
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    shasta Clinostomum marginatum Dactylogyrus vastator Diphyllobothrium Cymothoa exigua Eustrongylidosis Epizootic ulcerative syndrome Flukes Glugea Gyrodactylus...
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    shasta Clinostomum marginatum Dactylogyrus vastator Diphyllobothrium Cymothoa exigua Eustrongylidosis Epizootic ulcerative syndrome Flukes Glugea Gyrodactylus...
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    shasta Clinostomum marginatum Dactylogyrus vastator Diphyllobothrium Cymothoa exigua Eustrongylidosis Epizootic ulcerative syndrome Flukes Glugea Gyrodactylus...
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    shasta Clinostomum marginatum Dactylogyrus vastator Diphyllobothrium Cymothoa exigua Eustrongylidosis Epizootic ulcerative syndrome Flukes Glugea Gyrodactylus...
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  • (female) 20–70 mm Loa loa Arthropod animal Cymothoa exigua Tongue-eating louse length (female) 8–29 mm Cymothoa exigua Nematode animal Enterobius Pinworm length...
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