Coronula diadema

Humpback whale barnacle:

Humpback whale barnacle (Coronula diadema): This is the barnacle that burrows into the skin and blubber tissues of the Humpback Whale (Megaptera novaeangliae). It looks rather like the Gray whale barnacle (Cryptolepas rachianecti), except that it sticks further out of the skin, and the grooves between the ridges in the outer "volcanic cone" shell are covered over by a widening of the ridges, so that unlike the gray whale barnacle, it does not have a strongly striated black and white pattern along the edges.

The Rabbit-eared barnacle (Conchoderma auritum) is often found attached to this species.

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References

Weblinks

• WoRMS page for Coronula diadema

• WoRMS Page for Coronula diadema
• Search Arctos Database for Coronula diadema (Southeast only)
• Search Arctos Database for Coronula diadema (entire database)
• Encyclopedia of Life search for Coronula diadema
• iNaturalist Observations for Coronula diadema in Southeast Alaska

Other References

• Carlton 2007
• Lamb Hanby 2005
• Morris 1980

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