Chelonibia Temporal range:
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Chelonibia patula on the blue crab Callinectes sapidus | |
Scientific 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.
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