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From: Active parental care, reproductive performance, and a novel egg predator affecting reproductive investment in the Caribbean spiny lobster Panulirus argus

Fig. 5

Infection by the egg predator Carcinonemertes sp. in embryo masses of the Caribbean spiny lobster Panulirus argus. a Density of Carcinonemertes sp. (number of worms per 100 embryos) in ovigerous females brooding eggs in different stages of development. b Effect of Carcinonemertes sp. in embryo masses of ovigerous females brooding eggs in different stages of development. The proportion of healthy embryos (white bars), dead embryos (gray), and empty capsules (black) in samples from each embryo mass is shown. The photographs show the nemertean egg predator (top right) and the effect of the nemertean on the egg masses of ovigerous lobsters (bottom right)

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