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Hitchhikers and Parasites

Some relationships between different animal species are beneficial to both. Some are more one sided.
A Leopard Shark carrying both Copopods and Remoras	Detail of Copopods	Detail of Remoras
A Wobbegong with Shark Leeches on its face.	A Wobbegong with Shark Leeches on his claspers.	A very large leech on a Leopard Shark.
Thanks to Denis Riek for identifying the leeches as Stibarobdella macrothela Schmarda 1861. more info >>>