Ectoparasites on skin of the Gray Whale, Eschrichtius robustus; San Ignacio Lagoon, Baja California, Mexico; Whale Barnacles ( Cryptolepas rhachianecti);"nWhale Lice ( Cyamus scammoni, Cyamus ceti, Cyamus kessleri);"nWhale barnacles attach themselves to the bodies of baleen whales during the barnacles's free-swimming larval stage. A whale louse is a parasitic crustacean of the family Cyamidae. Whale lice are external parasites, found in skin lesions, genital folds, nostrils and eyes of marine mammals of the order Cetacea.
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