Conchoderma virgatum (Spengler, 1790) (Cirripedia: Pedunculata) associated with sea turtles in Uruguayan shallow coastal waters

The barnacle Conchoderma virgatum (Spengler, 1790) is reported as an epibiont of Chelonia mydas from Uruguay for the first time. This study pr ovides the first available data on the sizes of C. virgatum for the southwestern Atlantic Ocean.

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Autores principales: Alonso, L., Estrades, A., Scarabino, F., Calcagno, J.
Formato: JOUR
Materias:
Chelonia mydas
Epibionts
Green turtle
Pedunculate barnacle
Cheloniidae
Cirripedia
Conchoderma virgatum
Pedunculata
Testudines
Thoracica
Acceso en línea:http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12110/paper_18099009_v5_n1_p166_Alonso
Aporte de:
Biblioteca Digital - Facultad de Ciencias Exactas y Naturales (UBA) de Universidad de Buenos Aires
Descripción
Sumario:The barnacle Conchoderma virgatum (Spengler, 1790) is reported as an epibiont of Chelonia mydas from Uruguay for the first time. This study pr ovides the first available data on the sizes of C. virgatum for the southwestern Atlantic Ocean.

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