Species

Coronula diadema

Coronula diadema. Photo: (c) Alex Bairstow, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)

Coronula diadema is a species of whale barnacle known to live on humpback whales, and possibly on sperm whales and finback whales. It was first described by Carl Linnaeus in the 1767 12th edition of his Systema Naturae.

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Humboldt Life
- Kingdom: Animalia (Animals)
  - Phylum: Arthropoda (Arthropods)
    - Subphylum: Crustacea (Crustaceans)
      - Superclass: Multicrustacea (Typical crustaceans)
        Class: Hexanauplia (Barnacles and copepods)
        Subclass: Thecostraca (Barnacles and allies)
        Infraclass: Cirripedia (Barnacles)
        Subterclass: Thoracica (Normal barnacles)
        Superorder: Thoracicalcarea (Thoracican barnacles)
        Order: Balanomorpha (Symmetrical sessile barnacles)
        Superfamily: Coronuloidea
        Family: Coronulidae (Whale barnacles)
        Genus: Coronula
        Species: Coronula diadema

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