Calyptolepas bjorndalae
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| Taxonavigation: Coronuloidea |
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Superfamilia: Coronuloidea |
Familia: Platylepadidae
Subfamilia: Calyptolepadinae
Genus: Calyptolepas
Species: Calyptolepas bjorndalae
Name[edit]
- Calyptolepas bjorndalae Frick, Zardus & Lazo-Wasem, 2010: 171
- Symbiont: commensal, embedded in carapace, plastron and skin of turtles
- Type locality: Green turtle carapace, Kennedy Space Center, Florida
- Typus: Holotype YPM IZ 042061; paratypes YPM IZ 042062, 042077/042080, 048385
- Distribution: west Atlantic, Caribbean, on green and loggerhead turtles
- ZooBank: E102A9A3-A5D1-47FD-8933-728473DB3BDD
References[edit]
- Frick, M.G., Zardus, J.D. & Lazo-Wasem, E.A. 2010. A new coronuloid barnacle subfamily, genus and species from cheloniid sea turtles. Bulletin of the Peabody Museum of Natural History 51: 169–177. DOI: 10.3374/014.051.0203 Reference page. [See p. 171, original description]