A New Coronuloid Barnacle Subfamily, Genus and Species from Cheloniid Sea Turtles

被引：13
作者：
Frick, Michael G. [1 ]
Zardus, John D. [2 ]
Lazo-Wasem, Eric A. [3 ]
机构：
[1] Smithsonian Natl Zool Pk, Friends Natl Zoo, Washington, DC 20013 USA
[2] The Citadel, Dept Biol, Charleston, SC 29404 USA
[3] Yale Univ, Peabody Museum Nat Hist, Div Invertebrate Zool, New Haven, CT 06520 USA
来源：
BULLETIN OF THE PEABODY MUSEUM OF NATURAL HISTORY | 2010年 / 51卷 / 02期
关键词：
Caretta caretta; Chelonia mydas; sea turtles; epibiont; barnacle; new genus and species; Coronuloidea; EPIBIONTS;
D O I：
10.3374/014.051.0203
中图分类号：
X176 [生物多样性保护];
学科分类号：
090705 ;
摘要：
During a survey of the commensal barnacles of nesting and foraging sea turtles from the coastal waters of Florida and Georgia, USA, an undescribed species of platylepadid coronuloid barnacle was encountered, embedded within the carapace and plastron regions of host turtles. This new genus and species is described herein as Calyptolepas bjorndalae gen. et sp. nov. and is compared with other members of the family Platylepadidae. While similar in some respects to members of currently recognized platylepadid subfamilies, particularly Cylindrolepas darwiniana Pilsbry (Cylindrolepadinae Ross and Frick) and Platylepas decorata Darwin (Platylepadidae Newman and Ross), this new species bears an amalgamation of characters from these two subfamilies that require it to be placed into a new subfamily, Calyptolepadinae subfam. nov., also described herein.
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页码：169 / 177
页数：9
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