Researchers from Arkansas State University have discovered a parasitic crustacean which infects fish in the coral reefs of the eastern Caribbean. They named it after Bob.
The discovery was made by Paul Sikkel, who is assistant professor of marine ecology at Arkansas State University and is a field marine biologist.
Together with his colleagues, he has been studying the ecological effects of commercial fishing and the degradation of coral reefs. They had previously observed the parasite throughout the region, but had assumed that it had already been characterized and classified.
On further investigation, they discovered that the parasite was, in fact, new to them... read more, mon.
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