Chelonibia

Chelonibia
Temporal range: Miocene–Recent
Chelonibia patula on the blue crab Callinectes sapidus
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Thecostraca
Subclass: Cirripedia
Order: Balanomorpha
Superfamily: Coronuloidea
Family: Chelonibiidae
Pilsbry, 1916
Subfamily: Chelonibiinae
Genus: Chelonibia
Leach, 1817

Chelonibia is a genus of acorn barnacles in the family Chelonibiidae of the subphylum Crustacea.[1] Its members are epizootic and live attached to manatees, turtles, marine molluscs, crabs and horseshoe crabs in all tropical and subtropical oceans.[2] In a few instances, they have been found on sea snakes,[3] alligators[4] and inanimate substrates,[5] but they are not found in the typical habitats of barnacles – on rocks, docks or boats.

  1. ^ Cite error: The named reference Chan2021 was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  2. ^ Newman, William A.; A. Ross (March 31, 1976). "Revision of the balanomorph barnacles including a catalog of the species". San Diego Society of Natural History Memoirs. 9: 1–109.
  3. ^ Badrudeen, M. (2000). "On the occurrence of the cirriped barnacle, Chelonibia patula (Ranzani) on the sea snake, Hydrophis cyanocintus (Daudin)". Marine Fisheries Information Service, Technical and Extension Series. 164: 25.
  4. ^ Nifong, James; M. G. Frick (2012). "First record of the American alligator (Alligator mississippiensis) as a host to the sea turtle barnacle (Chelonibia testudinaria)". The Southeastern Naturalist. 10 (3): 557–560. doi:10.1656/058.010.0316. S2CID 12626303.
  5. ^ Frazier, J. G.; D. Margaritoulis (1990). "The occurrence of the barnacle, Chelonibia patula (Ranzani, 1818), on an inanimate substratum (Cirripedia, Thoracica)". Crustaceana. 59 (2): 213–218. doi:10.1163/156854090x00688. JSTOR 20104595.