An invasive parasite is taking over Alaska blue mud shrimp. Researchers want to kill it.

Sitka, Alaska, United States

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Orthione griffenis, or O. griffenis, eventually kills its host shrimp, and soon the remaining shrimp can’t find each other to reproduce, rendering a blue mud shrimp population extinct.

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An invasive parasite is taking over Alaska blue mud shrimp. Researchers want to kill it.

Sitka, Alaska, United States

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Orthione griffenis