Turtle barnacle
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| phylum | Arthropoda | Chelonibia testudinaria, or turtle barnacle, is a species of the genus Chelonibia, whose members are epizooic and live attached to turtles, sea snakes, manatees, marine molluscs, crabs and horseshoe crabs in all tropical and subtropical oceans. They are not found on the typical habitats of barnacles - on rocks, docks, or boats.
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| subphylum | Crustacea | |
| class | Maxillopoda | |
| infraclass | Cirripedia | |
| order | Sessilia | |
| family | Chelonibiidae | |
| genus | Chelonibia | |
| species | C. testudinaria |
