@GPKatai Yep, this is in the wild in Trout Lake Creek, near Mt. Adams, Washington, USA. The branchiobdellids are natural and abundant commensals (benefiting from, but not harming) on crayfish. They're mostly eating tiny invertebrates (rotifers, etc) and diatoms, probably cleaning the crayfish a b...
@GPKatai Yep, this is in the wild in Trout Lake Creek, near Mt. Adams, Washington, USA. The branchiobdellids are natural and abundant commensals (benefiting from, but not harming) on crayfish. They're mostly eating tiny invertebrates (rotifers, etc) and diatoms, probably cleaning the crayfish a b...