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Chelonibia testudinaria Turtle Barnacle

Chelonibia testudinaria is commonly referred to as Turtle Barnacle. Difficulty in the aquarium: Not suitable for aquarium keeping. Toxicity: Toxic hazard unknown.

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Chelonibia testudinaria,Wakulla County, FL, USA 2017


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lexID:
17546 
AphiaID:
106235 
Scientific:
Chelonibia testudinaria 
German:
Schildkröten Seepocke, Schildseepocke, Schildkrötenpocke 
English:
Turtle Barnacle 
Category:
 
Family tree:
Animalia (Kingdom) > Arthropoda (Phylum) > Thecostraca (Class) > Balanomorpha (Order) > Chelonibiidae (Family) > Chelonibia (Genus) > testudinaria (Species) 
Initial determination:
(Linnaeus, ), 1758 
Occurrence:
Guadeloupe, Andaman and Nicobar Islands, Australia, Circumglobal, Columbia, Congo, European Coasts, Greece, Gulf of Mexico, Hawaii, India, Indo Pacific, Israel, Italy, North Atlantic Ocean, North-West-Atlantic, Pacific Ocean, Pakistan, Red Sea, The Bahamas, the Mediterranean Sea, Turkey 
Marine Zone:
Subtidal, sublittoral, infralittoral, deep zone of the oceans from the lower limit of the intertidal zone (intertidal) to the shelf edge at about 200 m water depth. neritic. 
Sea depth:
Meter 
Habitats:
Epibiont (living on other organisms), Seawater, Sea water 
Size:
3,0 cm 
Temperature:
20,2 °F - 28,1 °F (20,2°C - 28,1°C) 
Food:
Filter feeder, Plankton 
Difficulty:
Not suitable for aquarium keeping 
Offspring:
Not available as offspring 
Toxicity:
Toxic hazard unknown 
CITES:
Not evaluated 
Red List:
Not evaluated (NE) 
Related species at
Catalog of Life:
 
Author:
Publisher:
Meerwasser-Lexikon.de
Created:
Last edit:
2025-06-25 20:07:27 

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Chelonibia testudinaria (Linnaeus, 1758)

Chelonibia testudinaria is a species of barnacle in the family Chelonibiidae.

Food: phytoplankton, zooplankton and detritus.

Synonymised names
Chelonibia manati Gruvel, 1903 · unaccepted (synonymized)
Chelonibia patula (Ranzani, 1818) · unaccepted

Direct children (1)
Subspecies Chelonibia testudinaria solida Withers, 1929

External links

  1. DORIS (fr). Abgerufen am 25.06.2025.
  2. researchgate.net (en). Abgerufen am 25.06.2025.
  3. sealifebase.se (en). Abgerufen am 25.06.2025.
  4. treatment.plazi.org (en). Abgerufen am 25.06.2025.
  5. Wikipedia (en). Abgerufen am 25.06.2025.

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Schild-Seepocke (Chelonibia testudinaria) auf Strandkrabbe
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Chelonibia testudinaria,Ala Kahakai National Historic Trail, Hawaii, Hawaii, United States 2022
Chelonibia testudinaria,Wakulla County, FL, USA 2017

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