[Cnidaria] Mnemiopsis and parasite?

[Lene Friis Møller]

Dear All

I know this is a cnidarian list but I will take my chances with a 
ctenophore question........

Quiet a lot of the individuals of the Mnemiopsis population here at the 
Swedish west coast seems to have a parasite (see picture).

Does anybody know what this is and how common it is?

All the best
Lene

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Lene Friis Møller, Ph.D.
Postdoctoral Research Fellow
Department of Marine Ecology, Göteborg University
Kristineberg Marine Research Station
Kristineberg 566
450 34 Fiskebäckskil, Sweden
E-mail: lene.friismoller at marecol.gu.se
Tel: +46 (0) 523 18509

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