First record of the turtle barnacle Stephanolepas muricata (Fischer, 1886) from the Bay of Monastir (Eastern coast of Tunisia).
The sessile barnacles Balanomorpha included in the family Platylepadidae are obligatory symbionts of motile marine animals, with some species occurring solely on turtles, sea snakes, and fish. Stomatolepadine barnacles like Stephanolepas are characterized by nearly- to fully-encapsulating the shell...
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ftoceandocs:oai:aquadocs.org:1834/15137 2024-06-09T07:48:11+00:00 First record of the turtle barnacle Stephanolepas muricata (Fischer, 1886) from the Bay of Monastir (Eastern coast of Tunisia). Chaieb, Olfa Karaa, Sami Bradai, M. Nejmeddine MED, Tunisia, Bay of Monastir 2018 pp 75-77 http://hdl.handle.net/1834/15137 en eng http://www.instm.agrinet.tn 0330-0080 http://hdl.handle.net/1834/15137 Stephanolepas muricata Loggerhead sea turtle Journal Contribution Refereed 2018 ftoceandocs 2024-05-15T08:02:16Z The sessile barnacles Balanomorpha included in the family Platylepadidae are obligatory symbionts of motile marine animals, with some species occurring solely on turtles, sea snakes, and fish. Stomatolepadine barnacles like Stephanolepas are characterized by nearly- to fully-encapsulating the shell in host tissue. This barnacle is currently known from turtles in the Pacific, Indian and North Atlantic Oceans and in the Mediterranean Sea. In that basin S.muricata has been reported only in the Spanish and Italian waters and in the South of Tunisia. In this note, we document the first record of S. muricata in the bay of Monastir (eastern coast of Tunisia) on a loggerhead sea turtle Caretta caretta. Actes de la conférence méditerranéenne Biodiv 2017: La biodiversité : quelles orientations pour la recherche et quels outils de conservation? Monastir, Tunisie, 28 au 30 octobre 2017 Published Book North Atlantic IODE-UNESCO: OceanDocs - E-Repository of Ocean Publications Indian Pacific |
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The sessile barnacles Balanomorpha included in the family Platylepadidae are obligatory symbionts of motile marine animals, with some species occurring solely on turtles, sea snakes, and fish. Stomatolepadine barnacles like Stephanolepas are characterized by nearly- to fully-encapsulating the shell in host tissue. This barnacle is currently known from turtles in the Pacific, Indian and North Atlantic Oceans and in the Mediterranean Sea. In that basin S.muricata has been reported only in the Spanish and Italian waters and in the South of Tunisia. In this note, we document the first record of S. muricata in the bay of Monastir (eastern coast of Tunisia) on a loggerhead sea turtle Caretta caretta. Actes de la conférence méditerranéenne Biodiv 2017: La biodiversité : quelles orientations pour la recherche et quels outils de conservation? Monastir, Tunisie, 28 au 30 octobre 2017 Published |
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First record of the turtle barnacle Stephanolepas muricata (Fischer, 1886) from the Bay of Monastir (Eastern coast of Tunisia). |
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First record of the turtle barnacle Stephanolepas muricata (Fischer, 1886) from the Bay of Monastir (Eastern coast of Tunisia). |
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First record of the turtle barnacle Stephanolepas muricata (Fischer, 1886) from the Bay of Monastir (Eastern coast of Tunisia). |
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First record of the turtle barnacle Stephanolepas muricata (Fischer, 1886) from the Bay of Monastir (Eastern coast of Tunisia). |
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First record of the turtle barnacle Stephanolepas muricata (Fischer, 1886) from the Bay of Monastir (Eastern coast of Tunisia). |
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first record of the turtle barnacle stephanolepas muricata (fischer, 1886) from the bay of monastir (eastern coast of tunisia). |
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