Ommatokoita
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Ommatokoita
Leigh-Sharpe, 1926
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O. elongata
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Ommatokoita superba Leigh-Sharpe, 1926 |
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Ommatokoita elongata is a 30 mm (1.2 in) long pinkish-white parasitic copepod, frequently found permanently attached to the corneas of the Greenland shark and Pacific sleeper shark.[1] The parasites cause severe visual impairment, but it is thought that the sharks do not rely on keen eyesight for their survival.[2] It is the only species in the genus Ommatokoita.[3]
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