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VERY few real facts are known concerning the relationships between the amphipod Hyperia galba (Montagu) and the various jelly-fish with which it is associated. Some writers have referred to H. galba as a parasite1–4 but without providing any direct proof. Orton5 assumed H. galba to be a food parasite, and Hardy6 was inclined to accept this view. Stephensen7 maintained that no amphipod except the cyamids is a true parasite, and this is the view adopted in current parasitological works of reference.
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DAHL, E. The Amphipod, Hyperia galba, an Ectoparasite of the Jelly-fish, Cyanea capillata . Nature 183, 1749 (1959). https://doi.org/10.1038/1831749a0
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