Tubicinella major

Tubicinella major

Classification

Class: Maxillopoda
Order: Sessilia
Family: Coronulidae

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.

Distribution

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Countries in the Picchu catalog

Argentina · 1Canada · 1

Sources and credits

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Tubicinella major

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