Cyamus scammoni

Cyamus scammoni

Classification

Class: Malacostraca
Order: Amphipoda
Family: Cyamidae

Cryptolepas rhachianecti is a species of whale barnacle that lives as a passenger on the skin of gray whales and certain other species of whale in the northern Pacific Ocean. Description Cryptolepas rhachianecti can grow to a diameter of 3. 8 cm (1.

Distribution

Cyamus scammoni — (c) Cricket Raspet, some rights reserved (CC BY), uploaded by Cricket Raspet · CC-BY

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Countries in the Picchu catalog

United States of America · 17Mexico · 11Canada · 7

Sources and credits

Photo(c) Cricket Raspet, some rights reserved (CC BY), uploaded by Cricket Raspet · CC-BY DescriptionCryptolepas rhachianecti, Wikipedia contributors

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