Platylepas hexastylos
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| Platylepas hexastylos | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Thecostraca |
| Subclass: | Cirripedia |
| Order: | Balanomorpha |
| Family: | Coronulidae |
| Genus: | Platylepas |
| Species: | P. hexastylos |
| Binomial name | |
| Platylepas hexastylos | |
Platylepas hexastylos is a species of barnacle in the family Platylepadidae. It is native to the Indo-Pacific Ocean where it lives as a symbiont of such large marine creatures as the dugong (Dugong dugon), the green sea turtle (Chelonia mydas),[2] the olive ridley sea turtle (Lepidochelys olivacea),[3] or the loggerhead sea turtle (Caretta caretta).[4]
