Calyptolepas bjorndalae

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Coronuloidea

Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Unikonta Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Cladus: Protostomia Cladus: Ecdysozoa Cladus: Panarthropoda Phylum: Arthropoda Cladus: Pancrustacea Superclassis: Multicrustacea Classis: Thecostraca Subclassis: Cirripedia Superordo: Thoracica Ordo: Sessilia Subordo: Balanomorpha Superfamilia: Coronuloidea

Familia: Platylepadidae
Subfamilia: Calyptolepadinae
Genus: Calyptolepas
Species: Calyptolepas bjorndalae

Name

• 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

• 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]