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gyruscula, more commonly known as a the orbiting nurse, is a insectivorous crustacean which ensures that its host is healthy and free from parasitic insects, when the host is moving fast or in a way which might make the orbiting nurse to fall off or drift away from its host, it uses its claw like tail to cling to the hosts body, multiple generations tend to spend their entire lives on a single host, it has a beak designed to eat the parasitic insects which tend to end up on their hosts, if you have any questions regarding this crustacean please dont be afraid to ask