Phronima amphipod inside a salp. Amphipods are small aquatic crustaceans, which form part of the zooplankton. Phronima is a parasitoid amphipod which attacks salps (barrel-shaped planktonic tunicates). Female Phronima amphipods will hollow out the gelatinous bodies of salps, lay their eggs inside, and then propel the hollowed salps through the water, providing a food source as the larvae develop. Photographed in the Mediterranean Sea. | |
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