Coronula diadema

Coronula diadema

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Coronuloidea

Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Podiata Cladus: Amorphea Cladus: Obazoa Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Cladus: Filozoa Cladus: Choanozoa Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: ParaHoxozoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Cladus: Protostomia Superphylum: Ecdysozoa Cladus: Panarthropoda Phylum: Arthropoda Cladus: Mandibulata Cladus: Pancrustacea Superclassis: Multicrustacea Classis: Thecostraca Subclassis: Cirripedia Infraclassis: Thoracica Superordine: Thoracicalcarea Subordo: Balanomorpha Superfamilia: Coronuloidea

Familia: Coronulidae
Subfamilia: Coronulinae
Genus: Coronula
Species Coronula diadema

Name

• Coronula diadema (Linnaeus, 1767: 1108)
  • Original genus: Lepas
  • Geological ageː early Pliocene to Recent
  • Symbiont: obligate commensal on skin of cetaceans
  • Type locality: Mediterranean Sea
  • Types:
  • Distribution: cosmopolitan, preferring baleen whales
  • ZooBank: CC10CA6B-E0FB-4D07-9C0C-2522DEC31827

Synonyms

• Lepas balaenera Müller, 1776: 250, item 3024
• Balanus balaena Da Costa, 1778: 251
• Diadema vulgaris Schumacher, 1817: 91
  • ZooBank: AD776634-D1FC-497E-910F-8110F499FFE8
• Diadema candidum Ranzani, 1818: 88
  • ZooBank: B1849154-577A-4094-A470-40429BF68963
• Polylepas (Diadema) kleinii Gray, 1825: 105
  • Synonymized in Pilsbry, 1916: 273
  • ZooBank: 1E0D49FC-BB68-4007-B14C-108DCD2029E6
• Coronula biscayensis Van Beneden, 1870
  • no description
• ?Coronula japonica Van Benedin, 1870
  • no description, taken from Japanese drawing
• Coronula californica Van Benedin, 1870
  • no description
• †Coronula macsotayi Weisbord, 1971: 91
  • Synonymized in Buckeridge, Chan & Lee, 2018
  • See taxon page for full information
• Diadema antiquum Philippi, 1887: 226
  • Synonymized in Newman & Ross, 1976: 45
  • Tertiary, Strand von Arauco, Chile
  • ZooBank: 9EADEA89-3224-4DCA-BE42-DE1475DF3C50

References

• Linnaeus, C. 1767. Systema naturae per regna tria naturae, secundum classes, ordines, genera, species, cum characteribus, differentiis, synonymis, locis. Editio duodecima, reformata. Tomus 1 (Regnum Animale), Pars 2: 533–1327. Holmiæ [Stockholm]. Impensis Direct Laurentii Salvii. Biblioteca Digital BHL Reference page.  [See p. 1108, original description]

---

• Beu, A.G. 1971. Further fossil whale barnacles from New Zealand. New Zealand Journal of Geology and Geophysics 14(4): 898–904. DOI: 10.1080/00288306.1971.10426337 Reference page.  [See p. 902, New Zealand material]
• Bruguiere, J.-G. 1789–1791. Encyclopedie methodique. Histoire naturelle de Vers 1(1): 158–178. (French) BHL  Reference page.  [See Pl. 164, fig. 13, 14, as Balanus diadema]
• Buckeridge, J.S., Chan, B.K-K. Lee, S-W. 2018. Accumulations of fossils of the whale barnacle Coronula bifida Bronn, 1831 (Thoracicaː Coronulidae) povides evidence of a late Pliocene Cetacean migration route through the Straits of Taiwan. Zoological Studies 57ː 54. DOI: 10.6620/ZS.2018.57-54 Reference page. 
• Darwin, C. 1854. A monograph on the sub-class Cirripedia with figures of all species. Vol. 2: The Balanidae, The Verrucidae. BHL London: Ray Society. Reference page.  [See p. 417, re-description, discussion]
• Gale, A.S. & Collareta, A. 2026. New whale barnacle records from eastern North America (Early Pleistocene of the Carolinas, USA, and Late Pleistocene or Early Holocene of Montreal, Canada). Proceedings of the Geologists' Association, in press. DOI: 10.1016/j.pgeola.2026.101218 Reference page.  [See p. 4, diagnosis, Quebec locality]
• 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. 45, extensive bibliography]
• Olave, V., Caniullan, D., Aliaga, J.A., Ballesteros, L. & Araya, J.F. 2026. On the record of Coronula diadema (Cirripedia: Coronulidae) in Chilean waters. Gayana 89(2): 142–146. full article pdf Reference page.  [Chilean distribution and migration routes]
• Pilsbry, H.A. 1916. The sessile barnacles (Cirripedia) contained in the collections of the US National Museum; including a monograph of the American species. Bulletin of the United States National Museum (93) DOI: 10.5962/bhl.title.1144 Reference page.  [See p. 273, see for pre-Darwin synonymy]
• Ross, A. & Frick, M.G. 2011. Nomenclatural emendations of the family-group names Cylindrolepadinae, Stomatolepadinae, Chelolepadinae, Cryptolepadinae, and Tubicinellinae of Ross & Frick, 2007—including current definitions of family-groups within the Coronuloidea (Cirripedia: Balanomorpha). Zootaxa 3106: 60–66. Preview Reference page.  [See p. 64]