Sea star qt?? Your thoughts

[vetteguy53081]

I did want to ask you this 2 years ago: What’s a sea flea? Is it like an underwater mosquito?

Being a couple of years ago, I believe as they are called such, may have referred to hydroid jellyfish and isopods

 

[ISpeakForTheSeas]

I did want to ask you this 2 years ago: What’s a sea flea? Is it like an underwater mosquito?

Actually, sort of, yes. Sea Flea is a (fairly rarely used) term to refer to carnivorous/parasitic pods (both Copepods and, more rarely, Amphipods) that typically bite or externally parasitize fish (though some also parasitize crustaceans, and some have been known to bite people too).

Some people use the term in place of Sea Louse/Lice, though that's actually referring specifically to carnivorous/parasitic copepods, and sometimes specific species of them.