Structure of Sacculina (With Diagram)
The adult Sacculina is known as Sacculina externa which is a parasite of young decapod crustacean, the crab. Generally the female crab is parasitized by the Sacculina. The parasitic habit has caused much degeneracy of different strucÂtures in the adult and looks like a fleshy tumour. The adult looses all the external appendages, the carapace and the segmentation of the [...]