First southern hemisphere record of the platylepadine barnaclestomatolepas elegans(costa) and notes on the hostdermochelys coriacea(Linné)
- 1 March 1969
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Taylor & Francis in New Zealand Journal of Marine and Freshwater Research
- Vol. 3 (1) , 152-158
- https://doi.org/10.1080/00288330.1969.9515283
Abstract
The first Southern Hemisphere occurrence of the platylepadine barnacle Stomatolepas elegans (Costa) is recorded. The host animal was a young leather‐back turtle (Dermochelys coriacea (Linné)) .Keywords
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- Stomatolepas, A Barnacle Commensal in the Throat of the Loggerhead TurtleThe American Naturalist, 1910