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Cyamus kessleri
Class Malacostraca +
Common name is Little Gray Whale lice  +
Documentation requested false  +
Family Cyamidae +
Genus Cyamus +
Order Amphipoda +
Phylum Arthropoda +
Scientific name is Cyamus kessleri  +
SpecificEpithet kessleri  +
Summary This whale louse is very similar to anotheThis whale louse is very similar to another gray whale louse - [[Cyamus scammoni|Gray whale lice (''Cyamus scammoni'')]], except that it is slightly smaller, broader, and has gills that stick out from the sides of the animal and look like legs, rather than coiled up against the ventral side of the thorax. The other look-alike whale lice on gray whales is [[Cyamus ceti|Gray and Bowhead Whale Amphipod (''Cyamus ceti'')]], which is similar but has many more little spikes on the ventral side of the thorax segments. ''C. ceti'' also has diramous gills, whereas those of ''C. kessleri'' are uniramous (not branched). It is very easy to think that the hind legs of this animal are its antennae, and that its front end is its rear end.e, and that its front end is its rear end.  +
TaxonRank species  +
Has queryThis property is a special property in this wiki. Cyamus kessleri + , Cyamus kessleri + , Cyamus kessleri + , Cyamus kessleri + , Cyamus kessleri + , Cyamus kessleri + , Cyamus kessleri + , Cyamus kessleri + , Cyamus kessleri +
Categories Marine Invertebrate  + , Species  +
Modification dateThis property is a special property in this wiki. 25 July 2013 09:18:12  +
Has subobjectThis property is a special property in this wiki. Cyamus kessleri + , Cyamus kessleri + , Cyamus kessleri + , Cyamus kessleri + , Cyamus kessleri +
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File:Cyamus Kessleri Gray Whale Sitka.JPG + , File:Cyamus spp Gray Whale.JPG + FileTags
 

 

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