Chelonibia testudinaria
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Chelonibia testudinaria is a species of barnacle in the family Chelonibiidae. It is native to the Atlantic Ocean, Mediterranean Sea and Gulf of Mexico where it lives as a symbiont on sea turtles, being particularly abundant on the loggerhead sea turtle.[2]
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Chelonibia testudinaria | |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Thecostraca |
Subclass: | Cirripedia |
Order: | Balanomorpha |
Family: | Chelonibiidae |
Genus: | Chelonibia |
Species: | C. testudinaria |
Binomial name | |
Chelonibia testudinaria | |
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