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Briarosaccus regalis  (Parasitic Barnacle)

Photo of Briarosaccus regalis by Aaron Baldwin
© Aaron Baldwin (Photo ID #95592)

Photographer's Submitted Details

Photo Location NorthChatham Strait, Southeastern Alaska Photographer Aaron Baldwin
Habitat Parasitic on red and blue king crabs (Paralithodes spp.)
Photo Date June 30, 2016 Upload Date July 01, 2016
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UTM Northing Photo ID # 95592
Notes This is the recently described rhizocephalan barnacle that appears to only infect king crabs of the genus Paralithodes. Formerly this species and Briarosaccus aurantum were both thought to be members of the cosmopolitan species B. callosus (which does not appear to occur in the north Pacific) until genetic studies showed them to be cryptic species.


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