This undated picture released by the National Science Foundation on Wednesday, July 11, 2012, shows a close-up of an adult male gnathiid parasite. Arkansas State University marine biologist Paul Sikkel discovered the tiny blood-sucking marine parasite, a new species within the family of gnathiids, that infests fish on Caribbean coral reefs and named it "Gnathia marleyi" after Jamaican reggae icon Bob Marley. (AP Photo/National Science Foundation, John Artim, Department of Biology, Arkansas State University)
This undated picture released by the National Science Foundation on Wednesday, July 11, 2012, shows a close-up of an adult male gnathiid parasite. Arkansas State University marine biologist Paul Sikkel discovered the tiny blood-sucking marine parasite, a new species within the family of gnathiids, that infests fish on Caribbean coral reefs and named it "Gnathia marleyi" after Jamaican reggae icon Bob Marley. (AP Photo/National Science Foundation, John Artim, Department of Biology, Arkansas State University)
KINGSTON, Jamaica (AP) — A tiny blood-sucking parasite that infests fish on Caribbean coral reefs has been named after Jamaican reggae icon Bob Marley.
Arkansas State University marine biologist Paul Sikkel discovered the parasite off the U.S. Virgin Islands a decade ago but it was only recently unveiled as "Gnathia marleyi" as an homage to the singer.
Sikkel says he dubbed the tiny crustacean due to his "respect and admiration" for Marley, who died in 1981.
The National Science Foundation says the creature is a new species within the family of gnathiids, parasites commonly found on coral reefs that are ecologically similar to blood-sucking ticks on land. It infests some fish that inhabit reefs of the shallow eastern Caribbean.
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