Chelonibia ramosa

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Coronuloidea
Template:Neobalanoformes Superfamilia: Coronuloidea

Familia: Chelonibiidae
Subfamilia: Chelonibiinae
Genus: Chelonibia
Species: Chelonibia ramosa

Name

• Chelonibia ramosa Korschelt, 1933: 2
  • Symbiont: Commensal epibiont of turtles
  • Types: unknown
  • Type locality: not given
  • Distribution: Known from single specimen only
  • ZooBank: CD86D5EF-0942-4FE1-8256-A09C4F098CF0

References

• Korschelt, E. 1933: Uber zwei parasitare Cirripedien, Chelonibia und Dendrogaster, nebst Angaben uber die Beziehungen der Balanomorphen zu ihrer Unterlage. Zoologische Jahrbucher. Abteilung fur Systematik, Okologie und Geographie der Tiere 64(1): 1–40. Reference page.  [See p. 2]

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• Newman, W.A.; Ross, E. 1976: Revision of the balanomorph barnacles; including a catalog of the species. Memoirs of the San Diego Society of Natural History, (9) BHL Reference page.  [See p. 44]
• Zardus, J.D., Lake, D.T., Frick, M.G. & Rawson, P.D. 2014. Deconstructing an assemblage of “turtle” barnacles: species assignments and fickle fidelity in Chelonibia. Marine Biology 161(1): 45–59. DOI: 10.1007/s00227-013-2312-7 Springer. Reference page.  (Consider to be morphotype of Chelonibia testudinaria)