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Coronula diadema
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Coronula diadema

Coronula diadema is a species of whale barnacle known to live on humpback whales, and possibly on sperm whales and finback whales. It was first described by Carl Linnaeus in the 1767 12th edition of his Systema Naturae.

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This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 53636.