Coronula diadema

Taxonavigation

Familia: Coronulidae
Subfamilia: Coronulinae
Genus: Coronula
Species Coronula diadema

Name

• Coronula diadema (Linnaeus, 1767: 1108)
  • Original genus: Lepas
  • Geological ageː early Pliocene to Recent
  • Symbiont: obligate commensal on skin of cetaceans
  • Type locality: Mediterranean Sea
  • Types:
  • Distribution: cosmopolitan, preferring baleen whales
  • ZooBank: CC10CA6B-E0FB-4D07-9C0C-2522DEC31827

References

• Linnaeus, C. 1767. Systema naturae per regna tria naturae, secundum classes, ordines, genera, species, cum characteribus, differentiis, synonymis, locis. Editio duodecima, reformata. Tomus 1 (Regnum Animale), Pars 2: 533–1327. Holmiæ [Stockholm]. Impensis Direct Laurentii Salvii. Biblioteca Digital BHL Reference page.  [See p. 1108, original description]

• Beu, A.G. 1971. Further fossil whale barnacles from New Zealand. New Zealand journal of geology and geophysics, 14(4): 898–904. DOI: 10.1080/00288306.1971.10426337 Reference page.  [See p. 902, New Zealand material]
• Bruguiere, J.-G. 1789–1791. Encyclopedie methodique. Histoire naturelle de Vers 1(1): 158–178. (French) BHL  Reference page.  [See Pl. 164, fig. 13, 14, as Balanus diadema]
• Buckeridge, J.S., Chan, B.K-K. Lee, S-W. 2018. Accumulations of fossils of the whale barnacle Coronula bifida Bronn, 1831 (Thoracicaː Coronulidae) povides evidence of a late Pliocene Cetacean migration route through the Straits of Taiwan. Zoological Studies 57ː 54. DOI: 10.6620/ZS.2018.57-54 Reference page. 
• Darwin, C. 1854. A monograph on the sub-class Cirripedia with figures of all species. Vol. 2: The Balanidae, The Verrucidae. BHL London: Ray Society. Reference page.  [See p. 417, re-description, discussion]
• Newman, W.A. & Ross, E. 1976. Revision of the balanomorph barnacles; including a catalog of the species. Memoirs of the San Diego Society of Natural History, (9) BHL Reference page.  [See p. 45, extensive bibliography]
• Pilsbry, H.A. 1916. The sessile barnacles (Cirripedia) contained in the collections of the US National Museum; including a monograph of the American species. Bulletin of the United States National Museum (93) DOI: 10.5962/bhl.title.1144 Reference page.  [See p. 273, see for pre-Darwin synonymy]
• Ross, A. & Frick, M.G. 2011. Nomenclatural emendations of the family-group names Cylindrolepadinae, Stomatolepadinae, Chelolepadinae, Cryptolepadinae, and Tubicinellinae of Ross & Frick, 2007—including current definitions of family-groups within the Coronuloidea (Cirripedia: Balanomorpha). Zootaxa 3106: 60–66. Preview Reference page.  [See p. 64]