Chelonibia testudinaria

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Marine Arthropods

Marine Molluscs

Marine Reptiles

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Category of Organisms	Marine Arthropods
Kingdom	Animalia
Phylum/Division	Arthropoda
Class	Maxillopoda
Order	Sessilia
Family	Cheloniibidae
Genus	Chelonibia
Species	testudinaria
Binomial Name	Chelonibia testudinaria
Author	Linnaeus, 1758
Common Name	Non-stalked barnacle
Local Name
Size Range
Environment/Habitat
Importance/Value
Resilience
Endemic	No
Found in Marine Park	No
Found in Malaysia	Yes
Distribution	Found in the intertidal zone where their distribution mirrors the different tidal ranges at different location
Morphology/Character	Have a segmented body and six pairs of jointed, feather-like feeding appendages or ‘legs’, called cirri. The body and legs face upwards and are contained within a cavity formed of calcareous plates, which are secreted by the barnacle.
Biology
Miscellaneaous
Status in IUCN Red List	Unknown
Status in CITES Species Database	Unknown
Researcher(s)
Reference(s)	Prof. Dr Ong Jin Eong and Prof. Dr Gong Wooi Khoon, THE SEAS, published by Didier Millet, Page 64.
Other Link(s)
Collection Record