Platylepas hexastylos

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Platylepas hexastylos is a species of barnacle in the family Platylepadidae. It is native to the Indo-Pacific Ocean where it lives as a symbiont of such large marine creatures as the dugong (Dugong dugon), the green sea turtle (Chelonia mydas), the olive ridley sea turtle (Lepidochelys olivacea), or the loggerhead sea turtle (Caretta caretta). Ecology Some species of barnacle settle on either a solid substrate or on a living host, but others are obligate commensals, and this latter group includes P.

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