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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