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    Whale barnacle - Wikipedia

    Whale barnacles are species of acorn barnacle that belong to the family Coronulidae. They typically attach to baleen whales, and sometimes settle on toothed whales. The whale barnacles diverged from the turtle barnacles about three million years ago. Whale barnacles passively filter food, using tentacle … See more

    Evolution
    Whale barnacles may have originated from the turtle barnacles (Chelonibiidae)—which attach to turtles, sirenians, and crabs—as a group … See more

    Cirri
    Cirri are used by barnacles to capture the eye of a potential mate in the current. The barnacles extend … See more

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    All acorn barnacles create a crown-shaped shell, with six to eight plates and a hole at the peak. C. diadema is typically barrel-shaped, has most of the shell emergent from the skin, and has been measured in the North Pacific to … See more

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  3. Coronulidae Leach, 1817 - World Register of Marine Species

  4. The oldest platylepadid turtle barnacle (Cirripedia, …

    WEBApr 16, 2019 · PDF | Coronuloid barnacles are epibionts of several marine vertebrates (including cetaceans and sea turtles) as well as …

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    • Accumulations of Fossils of the Whale Barnacle

    • (PDF) Cetopirus complanatus (Cirripedia: Coronulidae) …

      WEBFeb 28, 2017 · Cetopirus complanatus (Cirripedia: Coronulidae) from the late Middle Pleistocene human settlement of Pinnacle Point 13B (Mossel Bay, South Africa) February 2017 Zootaxa 4237(2):393-400

    • (PDF) A new record of cetopirus complanatus …

      WEBDec 31, 2017 · A new record of cetopirus complanatus (cirripedia: Coronulidae), an epibiont of right whales (Cetacea: Balaenidae: Eubalaena spp.), from a beach deposit of Mediterranean Spain. December 2017....

    • Coronulidae - mindat.org

    • Experimental demonstration of exclusively passive feeding in the …

    • Coronula diadema (Linnaeus, 1767) - World Register of …

      WEBSee Buckeridge JS, Chan BKK, Lee SW. 2018. Accumulations of fossils of the whale barnacle Coronula bifida Bronn, 1831 (Thoracica: Coronulidae) provides evidence of a late Pliocene cetacean migration route through …

    • First record of Xenobalanus globicipitis (Cirripedia: …

      WEBFeb 10, 2010 · First record of Xenobalanus globicipitis (Cirripedia: Coronulidae) on Stenella coeruleoalba (Cetacea: Delphinidae) in the oligotrophic waters of north-eastern Brazil Published online by …