| Lissotesta exigua | |
|---|---|
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Subclass: | Vetigastropoda |
| Superfamily: | Seguenzioidea |
| Family: | incertae sedis |
| Genus: | Lissotesta |
| Species: | †L. exigua |
| Binomial name | |
| †Lissotesta exigua (Suter, 1917) | |
| Synonyms [1] | |
Lissospira exiguaSuter, 1917 | |
Lissotesta exigua is an extinct species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk, unassigned in the superfamily Seguenzioidea. [1]
This species occurs in New Zealand. [1]
Cymothoa exigua, or the tongue-eating louse, is a parasitic isopod of the family Cymothoidae. It enters fish through the gills and the female attaches to the tongue, with the male attaching on the gill arches beneath and behind the female. Females are 8–29 millimetres (0.3–1.1 in) long and 4–14 mm (0.16–0.55 in) wide. Males are approximately 7.5–15 mm (0.3–0.6 in) long and 3–7 mm (0.12–0.28 in) wide. The parasite severs the blood vessels in the fish's tongue, causing the tongue to fall off. It then attaches itself to the remaining stub of the tongue and becomes the fish's new tongue.
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