First Record of the Turtle Barnacle Stephanolepas muricata from the Paciic Coast of Costa Rica
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| Formatua: | artículo |
| Argitaratze data: | 2012 |
| Deskribapena: | 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 ish (Newman & Ross 1976; Pfaller et al. 2012). Platylepadid barnacles occur partially to fully embedded within the host’s tissues - producing external wall elaborations that serve to anchor the barnacle (Badillo 2007; Ross & Frick 2007; Zardus & Balazs 2007). Stomatolepadine barnacles like Stephanolepas are characterized by nearly- to fully-encapsulating the shell in host tissue (Ross & Frick 2011). The shell of S. muricata is fragile and has a series of sutural elaborations that radiate outwards so as to cross-anchor the animal deep within the dermis of the host tissue (Fig. 1) (Frick et al. 2011). |
| Herria: | Repositorio UNA |
| Erakundea: | Universidad Nacional de Costa Rica |
| Repositorio: | Repositorio UNA |
| Hizkuntza: | Inglés |
| OAI Identifier: | oai:null:11056/26677 |
| Sarrera elektronikoa: | http://hdl.handle.net/11056/26677 |
| Gako-hitza: | TORTUGA BARNACLE STEPHANOLEPIS MURICATA REGISTRO COSTA DEL PACÍFICO COSTA RICA |