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Q- describe the kife cycle of sacculina adding a short note over its effect on host.

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Sacculina

Sacculina is a genus of barnacles that is aparasitic castrator of crabs. They belong to a group called Rhizocephala. The adults bear no resemblance to the barnacles that cover ships and piers; they are recognised as barnacles because their larval forms are like other members of the barnacle class Cirripedia. Depending on the location, the prevalence of this unusual crustacean parasite in its crab host can be as high as 50%.[2] They are a part of a group of infamous species that are body snatching parasites that infect crustaceans and crayfish.[3]