{"version": "1.0", "type": "rich", "title": "holy shiiiiit every time I think I\u2019ve seen it all in terms of biology there\u2019s still always something new! Look at DENDROGASTER....", "author_name": "kontextmaschine", "author_url": "https://kontextmaschine.com", "provider_name": "kontextmaschine", "provider_url": "https://kontextmaschine.com", "url": "https://kontextmaschine.com/post/175539668463/", "html": "<p><a href=\"http://bogleech.tumblr.com/post/175490643623/bogleech-holy-shiiiiit-every-time-i-think-ive\" class=\"tumblr_blog\" target=\"_blank\">bogleech</a>:</p>\n\n<blockquote><p><a href=\"http://bogleech.tumblr.com/post/175490013343/holy-shiiiiit-every-time-i-think-ive-seen-it-all\" class=\"tumblr_blog\" target=\"_blank\">bogleech</a>:</p><blockquote><p>holy shiiiiit every time I think I\u2019ve seen it all in terms of biology there\u2019s still always something new! Look at DENDROGASTER.<br/><br/>These are parasites found only inside of starfish and they are CRUSTACEANS. <br/><br/>There are many parasitic crustaceans who lose all arthropod anatomy as they mature and come out like just a glob of flesh but I\u2019ve never seen one this ornate!<br/></p></blockquote>\n<p>It\u2019d be cool if there were scientific papers explaining these that didn\u2019t cost $50 to access but I have pieced together that these are related to copepods and what we\u2019re seeing are the females, while the males remain in microscopic larva-like forms inside of their mates.<br/><br/>These are all typical characteristics of many other parasitic crustaceans who reduce themselves down to just fleshy masses. There really are LOTS of those.<br/></p></blockquote>\n<img src=\"/media/tumblr_pb9ms0BKEY1qc6jxfo1_1280_c3dbe29901f1.jpg\" />\n<img src=\"/media/tumblr_pb9ms0BKEY1qc6jxfo2_1280_85961c139e35.jpg\" />\n<img src=\"/media/tumblr_pb9ms0BKEY1qc6jxfo4_1280_678b4f4ed648.jpg\" />\n<img src=\"/media/tumblr_pb9ms0BKEY1qc6jxfo3_1280_dcc0581d75c7.jpg\" />", "thumbnail_url": "https://kontextmaschine.com/media/tumblr_pb9ms0BKEY1qc6jxfo1_1280_c3dbe29901f1.jpg", "thumbnail_width": 720, "thumbnail_height": 479}