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Deep-sea anglerfishes have evolved a new type of immune system – Mirage News
A female anglerfish, the Spinyhead Seadevil (Photocorynus spiniceps), with a tiny parasitic male attached to her back. Deep-sea anglerfishes such as this…
A female anglerfish, the Spinyhead Seadevil (Photocorynus spiniceps), with a tiny parasitic male attached to her back. Deep-sea anglerfishes such as this are found in all oceans around the world, yet the roughly 160 known species are extremely rare.Ted Pietsch/University of Washington
Deep-sea anglerfishes employ an incredible reproductive strategy. Tiny dwarfed males become permanently attached to relatively gigantic females, fuse their tissues and then establish a common blood circulation. In…
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