Do you ever see parasitic copepods on torch coral?

I have lost an HG torch that seems to be affected by some kind of parasitic copepods. Does anyone ever see something similar?

My other torch was not affected, that makes me think it might target the HG torch, which seems different from other indo torches and has thicker skin.

Are these moving around on the coral? If so, regular kcl dips would probably rid the coral of them.

Have quarantined a fair amount of euphyllia and surprisingly never came across a parasitic pod before.

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They do. After I see that they are on the coral, the torch starts to retract and eventually dies.