A number of species of sea slug support these tiny whitish parasitic copepods. There may be more than one copepod species illustrated on this page, or these may be a color form of the pink variety shown here. The first pair of photos shows a copepod with its egg cylinders on the flatworm Pseudobiceros gratus.
The next two photos by Ken Cone at Majuro show a copepod on a species of Gymnodoris.
Another on a Gymnodoris species at Kwajalein.
On a Phyllodesmium nudibranch.
The white one below was on a Dolabrifera dolabrifera sea hare photographed by Ken Cone at Majuro.
Created 7 June 2021
Updated 14 March 2024