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![Oncaea venusta (Copepoda: Oncaeidae)](http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1c/Oncaea_venusta.jpg/62px-Oncaea_venusta.jpg)
- ... that Poecilostomatoida (Oncaea venusta pictured) are parasitic copepods?
- ... that the estuarine, burrow-dwelling ghost shrimp Neotrypaea californiensis is used as bait, but is sometimes attacked with insecticides because it damages Pacific oyster farms?
- ... that the Pentastomida are parasitic invertebrates commonly known as tongue worms because of their resemblance to vertebrate tongues?
- ... that the barnacle Megabalanus can reach 7 cm in length?