Abstract:Crustaceans ectoparasites and epibionts of humpback whales, Megaptera novaeangliae (Cetacea: Balaenopteridae), in the Colombian Pacific. We recorded three species of crustacean ectoparasites and epibionts in two calves and four adults of humpback whale (Megaptera novaeangliae) that in the breeding season 2010 visited PNN Gorgona and Bahía Málaga, Colombian Pacific: the amphipod Cyamus boopis and the barnacles Coronula diadema and Conchoderma auritum. These crustaceans adhere to calves and adults and are presen… Show more
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