Chelolepas cheloniae

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Coronuloidea

Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Unikonta Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Cladus: Protostomia Cladus: Ecdysozoa Cladus: Panarthropoda Phylum: Arthropoda Cladus: Pancrustacea Superclassis: Multicrustacea Classis: Thecostraca Subclassis: Cirripedia Infraclassis: Thoracica Superordine: Thoracicalcarea Subordo: Balanomorpha Superfamilia: Coronuloidea

Familia: Platylepadidae
Subfamilia: Chelolepadinae
Genus: Chelolepas
Species: Chelolepas cheloniae

Name

• Chelolepas cheloniae (Monroe & Limpus, 1979): 199
  • Original genus: Tubicinella
  • Symbiont: Embedded commensal in sea turtles
  • Type locality: Mons Repos via Bundaberg, Southeast Queensland, on Caretta caretta
  • Typus: holotype QM W7248; paratypes QM W6501, 6502
  • Distribution: Australasia, on Caretta and Chelonia
  • ZooBank: 137BE014-9759-49C3-93CC-69309038E583

Synonyms

• Stephanolepas muricata Fischer, 1886, in part. Nilsson-Cantell, 1932, and Hendrickson, 1958 only.

References

• Monroe, R. & Limpus, C.J. 1979: Barnacles on turtles in Queensland waters with descriptions of three new species. Memoirs of the Queensland Museum 19(3): 197–223. Abstract BHL Reference page.  [See p. 199, original description as Tubicinella cheloniae]

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• Ross A. & Frick M.G. 2007. From Hendrickson (1958) to Monroe & Limpus (1979) and beyond: an evaluation of the turtle barnacle Tubicinella cheloniae. Marine turtle newsletter 118: 2–5. Issue PDF Reference page.  [See p. 3]
• Ross, A. & Frick, M.G. 2011. Nomenclatural emendations of the family-group names Cylindrolepadinae, Stomatolepadinae, Chelolepadinae, Cryptolepadinae, and Tubicinellinae of Ross & Frick, 2007—including current definitions of family-groups within the Coronuloidea (Cirripedia: Balanomorpha). Zootaxa 3106: 60–66. Preview Reference page.  [See p. 63]