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Occurrence of Stomatolepas elegans (Cirripedia: Balanomorpha) on a leatherback turtle from Finnmark, northern Norway

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  21 November 2002

René-Pierre Carriol
Affiliation:
Laboratoire de Paléontologie, Muséum National d'Histoire Naturelle, 8, rue Buffon, F-75005, Paris, France
Wim Vader
Affiliation:
Tromsø Museum, University of Tromsø, N-9037 Tromsø, Norway

Abstract

Stomatolepas elegans on a Dermochelys coriacea is reported at Seiland, Finnmark, northern Norway at the highest latitude recorded for this species or for any members of its subfamily (Platylepadidae), as well as for its turtle host. The distribution of the species of Stomatolepas is given and their taxonomy is briefly discussed. A recording of data on the different species of Stomatolepas gives the distribution on the host as well as the identity and the collecting locality of the latter.

Type
Short Communication
Copyright
© 2002 Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom

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