First record of Xenobalanus globicipitis (Cirripedia: Coronulidae) on Stenella coeruleoalba (Cetacea: Delphinidae) in the oligotrophic waters of north-eastern Brazil

• Author(s): Ribeiro, Felipe Bezerra ; Carvalho, Vitor Luz ; Bevilaqua, Cláudia Maria Leal ; Bezerra, Luis Ernesto Arruda
• Date: 2021
• Origin: Oasisbr
• Subject(s): Golfinhos; Espécies; Brasil-nordeste
• Document Type: Journal article
• Language: English

Description

The present contribution reports for the first time the sessile barnacle Xenobalanus globicipitis as an epizoic of the striped dolphin Stenella coeruleoalba in the oligotrophic waters of north-eastern Brazil. One barnacle specimen was found on a dead cetacean in Ceara´ State, north-eastern Brazil. Diagnosis and figures of the barnacle are provided and the relationship between the epizoic and the host discussed.