First record of gooseneck barnacles Conchoderma auritum on a minke whale Balaenoptera acutorostrata

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Ivar Christensen

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Clusters of a stalked barnacle, identified as Conchoderma auritum were found attached to both damaged and complete baleen plates of a male minke whale caught off the coast of East Greenland on 16 July 1984. No previous record is known of gooseneck barnacles on minke whales.

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Christensen, I. (1986). First record of gooseneck barnacles Conchoderma auritum on a minke whale Balaenoptera acutorostrata. Fauna Norvegica, 7, 15-16. https://doi.org/10.5324/fn.v7i0.6099
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