Coronula diadema

Coronula diadema
Coronula diadema on a humpback whale
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Crustacea
Class: Maxillopoda
Infraclass: Cirripedia
Order: Sessilia
Family: Coronulidae
Genus: Coronula
Species: C. diadema
Binomial name
Coronula diadema
(Linnaeus, 1767) [1]

Coronula diadema is a species of whale barnacle only known to live on humpback whales, and also possibly sperm whales and finback whales.[2] It was first described by Carl Linnaeus in the 1767 12th edition of his Systema Naturae.[1]

References

  1. 1 2 Alan Southward (2015). "Coronula diadema (Linnaeus, 1767)". World Register of Marine Species. Retrieved 28 January 2016.
  2. Zullo, Victor A. (April 1979). Marine Flora and Fauna of the Northeastern United States: Arthropoda: Cirripedia (PDF). NOAA Technical Report NMFS Circular. 425. National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration. p. 29.

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