Species assemblage and distribution of turtle barnacles (Cirripedia: Coronuloidea) on foraging green sea turtles (<i>Chelonia mydas</i>) in the Persian Gulf

Motlagh, Saeedeh Habibi; Nasrolahi, Ali; Rezaie-Atagholipour, Mohsen

doi:10.1080/00222933.2020.1837276

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“…In this research, the most abundant barnacle species on sea turtle bodies was P. hexastylos. A similar result was also found by Habibi Motlagh et al (2020) who studied foraging green turtles in the Gulf. Similar to Robinson et al (2019), we found that barnacle abundance on soft parts, including flippers, neck, and tail was considerably higher than on the carapace and plastron (Table 4).…”

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Epibiont Assemblages on Nesting Hawksbill Turtles Show Site-Specificity in the Persian Gulf

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Sea turtle epibionts can provide insights into the hosts' habitat use. However, at present, there is a lack of information on sea turtle epibiont communities in many locations worldwide. Here, we describe the epibiont communities of 46 hawksbill turtles (Eretmochelys imbricata) in the Persian Gulf. Specifically, we sampled 28 turtles from the Dayyer-Nakhiloo National Park (DNNP) in the northern Gulf and 18 turtles from Shibderaz beach in the Strait of Hormuz. A total of 54 macro, meio, and micro-epibiont taxa were identified, including 46 taxa from Shibderaz and 29 taxa from DNNP. The barnacles Chelonibia testudinaria and Platylepas hexastylos, as well as harpacticoid copepods and Rotaliid foraminifers, had the highest frequency of occurrence found on almost all turtle individuals. Harpacticoids were the most abundant epizoic taxa (19.55 ± 3.9 ind. per 9 cm2) followed by forams (Quinqueloculina spp.: 6.25 ± 1.5 ind. per 9 cm2 and Rotaliids: 6.02 ± 1.3 ind. per 9 cm2). Our results showed significant differences between the study sites in the composition of micro and macro-epibiont communities found on hawksbill turtles. We speculate that the differences in epibiont communities were largely influenced by local environmental conditions.

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Epibiont Assemblages on Nesting Hawksbill Turtles Show Site-Specificity in the Persian Gulf

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“…Furthermore, the competition and hence the distribution among barnacle species can be affected by the different hydrodynamic areas on the carapace, characterized by different flow patterns and drag (Logan and Morreale, 1994;Najera-Hillman et al, 2012). The presence of different barnacle species in different microhabitats represented by different body parts of the sea turtles indicated their niche partitioning (Motlagh et al, 2020). A large number of epibionts were recorded on sea turtles, and especially on C. caretta.…”

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Learning from Caretta caretta (Linnaeus, 1758) epibionts: a study from the Adriatic Sea

Baruffaldi,

Rubini,

Ignoto

et al. 2023

Front. Mar. Sci.

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Epibiont communities can be used as useful ecological indicators, providing information on the ecology and health conditions of their hosts. In this study, we analyzed the cirriped community from a total of 117 dead specimens of Caretta caretta (Linnaeus, 1758) collected in the north Adriatic between the years 2020 and 2022. We recorded a total of six different species distributed in five genera of cirripeds. The two most abundant species were Chelonibia testudinaria (Linnaeus, 1758) and Platylepas hexastylos (Linnaeus, 1758), located in different areas of the body; the former mainly on the carapace, while the latter mainly on the skin. We analyzed their abundance and distribution pattern on the sea turtle’s body and used the findings to deduce the health conditions and ecological aspects of stranded specimens of C. caretta, providing new data on this threatened and vulnerable species and its epibionts. A total of 11 specimens of C. caretta were affected by DTS (Debilitative Turtle Syndrome), these specimens exhibited a significant barnacle infestation on all body parts, markedly higher than the specimens of C. caretta not affected by DTS. Studies of associated barnacles in sea turtles should be encouraged among researchers as complementary tool to infer habitat use and health status of sea turtle species.

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Epibiotic bacteria on the carapace of hawksbill and green sea turtles

2023

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Species assemblage and distribution of turtle barnacles (Cirripedia: Coronuloidea) on foraging green sea turtles (Chelonia mydas) in the Persian Gulf

Cited by 5 publications

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Epibiont Assemblages on Nesting Hawksbill Turtles Show Site-Specificity in the Persian Gulf

Epibiont Assemblages on Nesting Hawksbill Turtles Show Site-Specificity in the Persian Gulf

Learning from Caretta caretta (Linnaeus, 1758) epibionts: a study from the Adriatic Sea

Epibiotic bacteria on the carapace of hawksbill and green sea turtles

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