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Species Coronula diadema

Classification

Kingdom Animalia (Animals)

Phylum Arthropoda (Arthropods)

Subphylum Crustacea (Crustaceans)

Class Maxillopoda (Maxillopods)

Subclass Thecostraca

Order Sessilia (Sessile Barnacles)

Family Coronulidae

Genus Coronula

Species diadema (Coronula diadema)

Explanation of Names

Coronula diadema (Linnaeus 1767)

Range

Worldwide marine

Habitat

Obligate ectoparasite of Megaptera novaengliae.

Life Cycle

Attaches to host as free-swimming larva; sessile as adult.

Remarks

Parasitized by Conchoderma auritum.

See Also

Conchoderma auritum

Internet References

WoRMS

Contributed by Aaron Hunt on 19 March, 2016 - 3:19pm
Last updated 19 March, 2016 - 4:50pm

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