"Sea lice"

[Pam Muller]

Attention Researchers in the Florida Keys:

Those charming little friends lovingly called "sea lice" are thick and
pesky in the neuston in Keys waters these days.  

What exactly are they?  I have heard everything from firecoral larvae to
small jelly's.  Or can several types of tiny cnideria produce the same
response in sensitive individuals?

To quote an old song:  "Gonna need an ocean ----- of calamine lotion" 

Happy scratching!

Pamela Hallock Muller
Department of Marine Science
University of South Florida
140 Seventh Avenue South
St. Petersburg, FL 33701 USA
pmuller at marine.usf.edu
Phone: 727-553-1567
FAX: 727-553-1189 	NOTE NEW AREA CODE!!!

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