First record of gooseneck barnacles (Conchoderma auritum) on a minke whale (Balaenoptera acutorostrata)

Clusters of a stalked barnacle, readily identified as Conchoderma auritum, were found attached to both damaged and complete baleen plates of a male minke whale caught off the coast of East Greenland on 16 July 1984. No previous record is known of gooseneck barnacles on minke whales.

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Christensen, Ivar
Format: Report
Language:English
Published: ICES 1985
Subjects:
minke whale
vågehval
VDP::Agriculture and fishery disciplines: 900::Fisheries science: 920::Resource biology: 921
VDP::Mathematics and natural science: 400::Geosciences: 450::Oceanography: 452
Greenland
Balaenoptera acutorostrata
East Greenland
Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/11250/104074
Description
Summary:Clusters of a stalked barnacle, readily identified as Conchoderma auritum, were found attached to both damaged and complete baleen plates of a male minke whale caught off the coast of East Greenland on 16 July 1984. No previous record is known of gooseneck barnacles on minke whales.

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