▁F P . ▁ ▁The ▁le ech ▁genus ▁O z ob ranch us ▁is ▁thought ▁to ▁be ▁the ▁mechanical ▁vector ▁of ▁the ▁her pes vir us , ▁transm itting ▁the ▁virus ▁from ▁one ▁t urt le ▁to ▁another . ▁These ▁le ech es ▁are ▁common ▁t urt le ▁e ct op ar as ites ▁that ▁exclus ively ▁feed ▁on ▁t urt le ▁blood , ▁and ▁some ▁le ech es ▁have ▁been ▁found ▁carrying ▁more ▁than ▁ 1 0 ▁million ▁copies ▁of ▁the ▁her pes vir us ▁DNA . ▁ ▁The ▁green ▁sea ▁t urt le ▁is ▁an ▁her b iv ore ▁and ▁fe eds ▁primarily ▁on ▁se agr ass ▁and ▁macro al ga e . ▁Two ▁to x ins ▁which ▁are ▁sus pected ▁to ▁be ▁associated ▁with ▁F P ▁are ▁found ▁e pi ph yt ically ▁on ▁these ▁plants . ▁First , ▁the ▁to xic ▁comp ound ▁ly ng by ato x in ▁from ▁the ▁cy an ob acter ium ▁Ly ng by a ▁maj usc ule , ▁and ▁second ▁the ▁to x in ▁ok ada ic ▁acid ▁– ▁a ▁documented ▁tum our - prom oting ▁to x in ▁- ▁from ▁the ▁din of lag ell ate ▁ ▁P ror oc ent rum . ▁Again , ▁caus ality ▁has ▁not ▁been ▁concluded , ▁but ▁an ▁association ▁seems ▁to ▁exist ▁between ▁the ▁distribution ▁of ▁especially ▁the ▁din of lag ell ates ▁and ▁the ▁occurrence ▁of ▁F P , ▁and ▁as ▁they ▁are ▁found ▁on ▁we eds , ▁they ▁can ▁be ▁ing ested ▁by ▁for