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Whale Barnacles

Coronulidae Leach 1817

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provided by World Register of Marine Species
From molecular analysis in Hayashi et al. 2013, Coronuloidea was divided into two molecular clades, one is Chelonibiidae clade containing Chelonibia and Stephanolepas. The other clade composed of all other species, and currently grouped in Coronulidae.
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