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A checklist of turtle and whale barnacles (Cirripedia: Thoracica: Coronuloidea)

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  10 August 2012

Ryota Hayashi*
Affiliation:
International Coastal Research Center, Atmosphere and Ocean Research Institute, The University of Tokyo, 5-1-5, Kashiwanoha, Kashiwa-shi, Chiba 277-8564Japan Marine Biology and Ecology Research Program, Extremobiosphere Research Center, Japan Agency for Marine–Earth Science and Technology
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Correspondence should be addressed to: R. Hayashi, International Coastal Research Center, Atmosphere and Ocean Research Institute, The University of Tokyo, 5-1-5, Kashiwanoha, Kashiwa-shi, Chiba 277–8564Japan email: bubobubo32@gmail.com
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Abstract

A checklist of published records of coronuloid barnacles (Cirripedia: Thoracica: Coronuloidea) attached to marine vertebrates is presented, with 44 species (including 15 fossil species) belonging to 14 genera (including 3 fossil genera) and 3 families recorded. Also included is information on their geographical distribution and the hosts with which they occur.

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Research Article
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Copyright © Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom 2012
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Table 1. Modern species of Coronuloidea indicating the host species and its collection locality. Locality records are arranged from Asia, Oceania, Indies, Mediterranean, Europe, Middle East, Africa, Atlantic, North America, South America to Pacific area.

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Table 2. Fossil records of Coronuloidea (including extant species) indicating their geological ages and their collection locality.