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Lernaeadae logo #21217Lernaeadae are a group of parasitic suctorial crustaceans, of the order Ichthyophthira or fish-lice, having the mouth armed with piercing mandibles, and found attached to fishes. The young lernaan as it first comes from the egg is provided with eyes, antennas, and locomotive limbs, but the limbs, eyes, and other organs of sense disappear when it as...
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