mortality is (at least partially) controlled by the scute sloughing frequency of host turtles, meaning that barnacles living on hosts which shed less frequently, or not at all, may live longer.

Ecology

Chelonibia testudinaria are found to attach themselves to shells/objects of the larger organisms from each region of the host's body. C. testudinaria preferentially behaviorally select green turtles as hosts compared to Chelonibia caretta, which

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