Rice, D. W. Marine mammals of the world: systematics and distribution. In The Society for Marine Mammalogy (ed. Rice, D. W.) 231 (Allen Press, 1998).
Best, P. B. External characters of southern minke whales and the existence of a diminutive form. Sci. Rep. Whales Res. Inst. 36, 1–33 (1985).
Acevedo, J. et al. Occurrence of dwarf minke whales (Balaenoptera acutorostrata subsp.) around the Antarctic Peninsula. Polar Biol. 34, 313–318 (2011).
Google Scholar
Risch, D., Norris, T., Curnock, M. & Friedlaender, A. Common and Antarctic minke whales: Conservation status and future research directions. Front. Mar. Sci. 6, 247. https://doi.org/10.3389/fmars.2019.00247 (2019).
Google Scholar
International Whaling Commission (IWC). Report of the scientific committee. J. Cetacean Res. Manag. 14, 102 (2013).
Matsuoka, K. et al. Overview of minke whale sightings surveys conducted on IWC/IDCR and SOWER Antarctic cruises from 1978/79 to 2000/01. J. Cetacean Res. Manag. 5, 173–201 (2003).
Glover, K. A. et al. Migration of Antarctic minke whales to the Arctic. PLoS One 5, e15197. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0015197 (2010).
Google Scholar
Williams, R., Brierley, A., Friedlaender, A. & Scheidat, M. Densitiy of Antarctic minke whales in Weddell Sea from helicopter survey data. Ecology 63, IA14 (2011).
Williams, R. et al. Counting whales in a challenging, changing environment. Sci. Rep. 4, 4170. https://doi.org/10.1038/srep04170 (2014).
Google Scholar
Shabangu, F. W., Findlay, K. & Stafford, K. M. Seasonal acoustic occurrence, diel vocalizing patterns and bioduck call-type composition of Antarctic minke whales off the west coast of South Africa and the Maud Rise Antarctica. Mar. Mamm. Sci. 36, 658–675 (2019).
Google Scholar
Kasamatsu, F., Nishiwaki, S. & Ishikawa, H. Breeding areas and southbound migrations of southern minke whales Balaenoptera acutorostrata. Mar. Ecol. Prog. Ser. 119, 1–10 (1995).
Google Scholar
Tamura, T. & Konishi, K. Food habit and prey consumption of Antarctic minke whale Balaenoptera bonaerensis in the JARPA research area. J. Northwest Atl. Fish. Sci. 42, 13–25 (2009).
Google Scholar
Perrin, W. F., Mallette, S. D. & Brownell, R. L. Minke whales. In Encyclopedia of Marine Mammals (eds Perrin, W. F. et al.) 608–613 (Academic Press, 2018).
Google Scholar
Taylor, R. J. F. An unusual record of three species of whale being restricted to pools in Antarctic sea-ice. Proc. R. Soc. Lond. 129, 325–331 (1957).
Ensor, P. H. Minke whales in the pack ice zone, East Antarctica, during the period of maximum annual ice extent. Rep. Int. Whal. Commn 39, 219–225 (1989).
Scheidat, M. et al. Cetacean surveys in the Southern Ocean using icebreaker-supported helicopters. Polar Biol. 34, 1513–1522 (2011).
Google Scholar
Meirelles, A. C. O. & Furtado-Neto, M. A. A. Stranding of an Antarctic minke whale, Balaenoptera bonaerensis Burmeister, 1867, on the northern coast of South America. Lat. Am. J. Aquat. Mamm. 3, 81–82 (2004).
Google Scholar
Juri, E., Valdivia, M., Simoes-Lopes, P. C. & Le Bas, A. A note on minke whales (Cetacea: Balaenopteridae) in Uruguay: Strandings review. JCRM 21, 135–140 (2020).
Google Scholar
Williamson, G. R. Minke whales off Brazil. Sci. Rep. Whales Res. Inst. 27, 37–59 (1975).
Pastene, L. A. & Goto, M. Genetic characterization and population genetic structure of the Antarctic minke whale Balaenoptera bonaerensis in the Indo-Pacific region of the Southern Ocean. Fish Sci. 82, 873–886 (2016).
Google Scholar
Balbuena, J. A., Aznar, F. J., Fernández, M. & Raga, J. A. Parasites as indicators of social structure and stock identity of marine mammals. Dev. Mar. Biol. 4, 133–139 (1995).
Kuramochi, T., Araki, J., Uchida, Moriyama, N., Takeda, Y., Hayashi, N., Wakao, H., Machida, M. & Nagasawa, K. Summary of parasite and epizoit investigations during JARPN surveys 1994–1999, with reference to stock structure analysis for the western North Pacific minke whales. IWC Scientific Committee Workshop to Review the Japanese Whaling Programme under Special Permit for North Pacific Minke Whales (JARPN) SC/F2K/J19 (2000).
Kaliszewska, Z. A. et al. Population histories of right whales (Cetacea: Eubalaena) inferred from mitochondrial sequence diversities and divergences of their whale lice (Amphipoda: Cyamus). Mol. Ecol. 14, 3439–3456 (2005).
Google Scholar
Ólafsdóttir, D. & Shinn, A. P. Epibiotic macrofauna on common minke whales, Balaenoptera acutorostrata Lacépède, 1804 Icelandic waters. Parasit. Vectors 6, 1–10 (2013).
Google Scholar
Matthews, C. J., Ghazal, M., Lefort, K. J. & Inuarak, E. Epizoic barnacles on Arctic killer whales indicate residency in warm waters. Mar. Mamm. Sci. 36, 1010–1014 (2020).
Google Scholar
Flach, L., Van Bressem, M. F., Pitombo, F. & Aznar, F. J. Emergence of the epibiotic barnacle Xenobalanus globicipitis in Guiana dolphins after a morbillivirus outbreak in Sepetiba Bay Brazil. Estuar. Coast. Shelf Sci. 263, 107632. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ecss.2021.107632 (2021).
Google Scholar
Ten, S., Raga, J. A. & Aznar, F. J. Epibiotic fauna on cetaceans worldwide: A systematic review of records and indicator potential. Front. Mar. Sci. 9, 846558. https://doi.org/10.3389/fmars.2022.846558 (2022).
Google Scholar
Liouville, J. Cétacés de l’Antarctique. Paris: Deuxième Expédition Antarctique Française (1908–1910) (1913).
Ohsumi, S., Masaki, Y. & Kawamura, A. Stock of the Antarctic minke whale. Sci. Rep. Whales Res. Inst. 22, 75–125 (1970).
Ohsumi, S. Find of marlin spear from the Antarctic minke whales. Sci. Rep. Whales Res. Inst. 25, 237–239 (1973).
Ivashin, M. V. External Parasites on Lesser Rorquals in the Antarctic 125–127 (Naukova Dumka, 1975).
Berzin, A. A. & Vlasova, L. P. Fauna of the Cetacea Cyamidae (Amphipoda) of the world ocean. Investig. Cet. 13, 149–164 (1982).
Best, P. B. Seasonal abundance, feeding, reproduction, age and growth in minke whales off Durban (with incidental observations from the Antarctic). Rep. Int. Whal. Commn 32, 759–786 (1982).
Avdeev, V. V. Parasitic amphipods of the family Cyamidae and the problem of Cetacea origin. Biol. Morja 4, 27–33 (1989).
Bushuev, S. G. A study of the population structure of the southern minke whale (Balaenoptera acutorostrata Lacepede) based on morphological and ecological variability. Rep. Int. Whal. Commn 40, 317–324 (1990).
Sedlak-Weinstein, E. Preliminary report of parasitic infestation of the minke whale Balaenoptera acutorostrata taken during the 1988/89 Antarctic expedition. Unpublished paper (1990).
Dailey, M. D. & Vogelbein, W. Parasite fauna of 3 species of Antarctic whales with reference to their use as potential stock indicators. Fish. Bull. 89, 355–365 (1991).
Nemoto, T., Best, P. B., Ishimaru, K. & Takano, H. Diatom films on whales in South African waters. Sci. Rep. Whales Res. Inst. 32, 97–103 (1980).
Donovan, G. A review of IWC stock boundaries. Rep. Int. Whal. Commn 13, 39–68 (1991).
Lester, R. J. G. & MacKenzie, K. The use and abuse of parasites as stock markers for fish. Fish. Res. 97, 1–2 (2009).
Google Scholar
Ten, S. et al. Epibiotic barnacles of sea turtles as indicators of habitat use and fishery interactions: an analysis of juvenile loggerhead sea turtles, Caretta caretta, in the western Mediterranean. Ecol. Indic. 107, 105672. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ecolind.2019.105672 (2019).
Google Scholar
Calman, W. T. A whale-barnacle of the genus Xenobalanus from Antarctic Seas. Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist. 6, 165–166 (1920).
Google Scholar
Kato, H., Hiroyama, H., Fujise, Y. & Ono, K. Preliminary report of the 1987/88 Japanese feasibility study of the special permit proposal for Southern Hemisphere Minke Whales. Rep. int. Whal. Commn 39, 235–248 (1989).
International Whaling Commission (IWC). Report of the Intersessional Workshop to review data and results from special permit research on minke whales in the Antarctic, Tokyo, 7–8 December 2006. J. Cetacean Res. Manag. 10, 411–445 (2008).
Bush, A. O., Lafferty, K. D., Lotz, J. M. & Shostak, A. W. Parasitology meets ecology on its own terms: Margolis et al. revisited. J. Parasitol. 83, 575–583 (1997).
Google Scholar
Kim, H., Chan, B., Kang, C., Kim, H. & Kim, W. How do whale barnacles live on their hosts? Functional morphology and mating-group sizes of Coronula diadema (Linnaeus, 1767) and Conchoderma auritum (Linnaeus, 1767) (Cirripedia: Thoracicalcarea). J. Crustac. Biol. 40, 808–824 (2020).
Google Scholar
Reiczigel, J. Confidence intervals for the binomial parameter: Some new considerations. Stat. Med. 22, 611–621 (2003).
Google Scholar
Kato, H. Migration strategy of southern minke whales to maintain high reproductive rate. Dev. Mar. Biol. 4, 465–480 (1995).
Zuur, A. F., Ieno, E. N., Walker, N. J., Saveliev, A. A. & Smith, G. M. Mixed effects models and extensions in ecology with R. In Statistics for Biology and Health (ed. Gail, M.) (Springer, 2009).
Google Scholar
Fransen, C. H. J. M. & Smeenk, C. Whale-lice (Amphipoda: Cyamidae) recorded from The Netherlands. Zool. Meded. 65, 393–405 (1991).
Barton, N. A., Farewell, T. S. & Hallett, S. H. Using generalized additive models to investigate the environmental effects on pipe failure in clean water networks. NPJ Clean Water 3, 31. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41545-020-0077-3 (2020).
Google Scholar
Schindelin, J. et al. Fiji: An open-source platform for biological-image analysis. Nat. Methods 9, 676–682. https://doi.org/10.1038/nmeth.2019 (2012).
Google Scholar
Kane, E. A., Olson, P. A., Gerrodette, T. & Fiedler, P. Prevalence of the commensal barnacle Xenobalanus globicipitis on cetacean species in the eastern tropical Pacific Ocean, and a review of global occurrence. Fish. Bull. 106, 395–404 (2008).
Aznar, F. J., Balbuena, J. A. & Raga, J. A. Are epizoites biological indicators of a western Mediterranean striped dolphin die-off?. Dis. Aquat. Organ. 18, 159–163 (1994).
Google Scholar
Carrillo, J. M., Overstreet, R. M., Raga, J. A. & Aznar, F. J. Living on the edge: Settlement patterns by the symbiotic barnacle Xenobalanus globicipitis on small cetaceans. PLoS One 10, e0127367. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0127367 (2015).
Google Scholar
Moreno-Colom, P., Ten, S., Raga, J. A. & Aznar, F. J. Spatial distribution and aggregation of Xenobalanus globicipitis on the flukes of striped dolphins, Stenella coeruleoalba: An indicator of host hydrodynamics?. Mar. Mamm. Sci. 36, 897–914 (2020).
Google Scholar
Aznar, F. J. et al. Changes in epizoic crustacean infestations during cetacean die-offs: The mass mortality of Mediterranean striped dolphins Stenella coeruleoalba revisited. Dis. Aquat. Org. 67, 239–247 (2005).
Google Scholar
Wood, S. N. & Augustin, N. H. GAMs with integrated model selection using penalized regression splines and applications to environmental modelling. Ecol. Modell. 157, 157–177 (2002).
Google Scholar
Wood, S. N. Generalized Additive Models: An Introduction with R (Chapman and Hall/CRC, 2017).
Google Scholar
Bloch, D. et al. Short-term movements of long-finned pilot whales Globicephala melas around the Faroe Islands. Wildl. Biol. 9, 47–58 (2003).
Google Scholar
Beasley, I. et al. Stomach contents of long-finned pilot whales, Globicephala melas mass-stranded in Tasmania. PLoS One 14, e0206747. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0206747 (2019).
Google Scholar
Ohno, M. & Fujino, K. Biological investigation on the whales caught by the Japanese Antarctic whaling fleets, season 1950/51. Sci. Rep. Whales Res. Inst. 7, 125–188 (1952).
Clarke, R. The stalked barnacle Conchoderma, ectoparasitic on whales. Norsk Hvalfangst-Tidende 55, 153–168 (1966).
Christensen, I. First record of gooseneck barnacles (Conchoderma auritum) on a minke whale (Balaenoptera acutorostrata). ICES C. M. 1985/N:9 (1985).
Bertulli, C. G., Cecchetti, A., Van Bressem, M. F. & Van Waerebeek, K. Skin disorders in common minke whales and white-beaked dolphins off Iceland, a photographic assessment. J. Mar. Anim. Ecol. 5, 29–40 (2012).
Knowlton, N. Sibling species in the sea. Annu. Rev. Ecol. Evol. Syst. 24, 189–216 (1993).
Google Scholar
Trontelj, P. & Fišer, C. Perspectives: Cryptic species diversity should not be trivialised. Syst. Biodivers. 7, 1–3 (2009).
Google Scholar
Norris, R. & Hull, P. The temporal dimension of marine speciation. Evol. Ecol. 26, 393–415 (2011).
Google Scholar
Rawson, P., Macnamee, R., Frick, M. & Williams, K. Phylogeography of the coronulid barnacle, Chelonibia testudinaria, from loggerhead sea turtles Caretta caretta. Mol. Ecol. 12, 2697–2706 (2003).
Google Scholar
Cabezas, M. P., Cabezas, P., Machordom, A. & Guerra-García, J. M. Hidden diversity and cryptic speciation refute cosmopolitan distribution in Caprella penantis (Crustacea: Amphipoda: Caprellidae). J. Zool. Syst. Evol. 51, 85–99 (2013).
Google Scholar
Boyd, L. L., Zardus, J. D., Knauer, C. M. & Wood, L. D. Evidence for host selectivity and specialization by epizoic Chelonibia barnacles between hawksbill and green sea turtles. Front. Ecol. Evol. 9, 807237. https://doi.org/10.3389/fevo.2021.807237 (2021).
Google Scholar
Schell, D., Rowntree, V. & Pfeiffer, C. Stable-isotope and electron-microscopic evidence that cyamids (Crustacea: Amphipoda) feed on whale skin. Can. J. Zool. 78, 721–727 (2000).
Google Scholar
Iwasa-Arai, T. & Serejo, C. S. Phylogenetic analysis of the family Cyamidae (Crustacea: Amphipoda): A review based on morphological characters. Zool. J. Linn. Soc. 184, 66–94 (2018).
Google Scholar
Fraija-Fernández, N. et al. Living in a harsh habitat: Epidemiology of the whale louse, Syncyamus aequus (Cyamidae), infecting striped dolphins in the Western Mediterranean. J. Zool. 303, 199–206 (2017).
Google Scholar
Angot, M. Rapport scientifique sur les expeditions baleinieres autour de Madagascar (saisons 1949 et 1950). Mem. Inst. Sci. Madag. Ser. A 6, 439–486 (1951).
Newman, W. A. & Abbott, D. P. Cirripedia: The barnacles. In Intertidal Invertebrates of California (eds Morris, R. H. et al.) 504–535 (Stanford University Press, 1980).
Nogata, Y. & Matsumura, K. Larval development and settlement of a whale barnacle. Biol Lett. 2, 92–93 (2006).
Google Scholar
Hiro, F. The fauna of Akkeshi Bay. II. Cirripedia. J. Fac. Sci. Hokkaido Univ. 4, 213–229 (1935).
Rice, D. W. Progress report on biological studies of the larger Cetacea in the waters off California. Norsk Hvalfangst-Tid 52, 181–187 (1963).
Klinkhart, E. G. The beluga whale in Alaska. State Alsk. Dep. Fish 7, 11 (1966).
Nilsson-Cantell, C. A. Cirripedia Thoracica and Acrothoracica. MIOS 5, 1–133 (1978).
Scarff, J. E. Occurrence of the barnacles Coronula diadema, C. reginae and Cetopirus complanatus (Cirripedia) on right whales. Sci. Rep. Whales Res. Inst. 37, 129–153 (1986).
Kakuwa, Z., Kawakami, T. & Iguchi, K. Biological investigation on the whales caught by the Japanese Antarctic whaling fleets in the 1951–52 season. Sci. Rep. Whales Res. Inst. 8, 147–213 (1953).
Nishiwaki, M. Humpback whales in Ryukyuan waters. Sci. Rep. Whales Res. Inst. 14, 49–87 (1959).
Best, P. B. The presence of coronuline barnacles on a southern right whale Eubalaena australis. S. Afr. J. Mar. Sci. 11, 585–587 (1991).
Google Scholar
Mackintosh, N. A. & Wheeler, J. F. G. Southern blue and fin whales. Disc. Rep. 1, 257–540 (1929).
Nilsson-Cantell, C. A. Thoracic cirripedes collected in 1925–1927. Disc. Rep. 2, 223–260 (1930).
Nishiwaki, M. & Hayashi, K. Biological survey of fin and blue whales taken in the Antarctic season 1947–48 by the Japanese fleet. Sci. Rep. Whales Res. Inst. 3, 132–190 (1950).
Mizue, K. & Murata, T. Biological investigation on the whales caught by the Japanese Antarctic whaling fleets season 1949–50. Sci. Rep. Whales Res. Inst. 6, 73–131 (1951).
Nishiwaki, M. & Oye, T. Biological investigation on blue whales (Balaenoptera musculus) and Fin Whales (Balaenoptera physalus) caught by the Japanese Antarctic Whaling Fleets. Sci. Rep. Whales Res. Inst. 5, 91–167 (1951).
Tomilin, A. G. Cetacea. In Mammals of the U.S.S.R. and Adjacent Countries Vol. 9 (ed. Tomilin, A. G.) 717 (Akademii Nauk SSSR, 1957).
Cockrill, W. R. Pathology of the cetacea. A veterinary study on whales. Br. Vet. J. 116, 1–28 (1960).
Kawamura, A. Some consideration on the stock unit of sei whales by the aspect of ectoparasitic organisms on the body. Bull. Jpn. Soc. Fish. Oceanogr. 14, 38–43 (1969).
Fraija-Fernández, N., Hernández-Hortelano, A., Ahuir-Baraja, A. E., Raga, J. A. & Aznar, F. J. Taxonomic status and epidemiology of the mesoparasitic copepod Pennella balaenoptera in cetaceans from the western Mediterranean. Dis. Aquat. Org. 128, 249–258 (2018).
Google Scholar
Foster, B. A. & Willan, R. C. Foreign barnacles transported to New Zealand on an oil platform. N. Z. J. Mar. Freshw. Res. 13, 143–149 (1979).
Google Scholar
González, J. et al. Cirripedia of the Canary islands: Distribution and ecological notes. J. Mar. Biol. Assoc. U.K. 92, 129–141 (2012).
Google Scholar
Zettler, M. L. An example for transatlantic hitchhiking by macrozoobenthic organisms with a research vessel. Helgol. Mar. Res. 75, 4. https://doi.org/10.1186/s10152-021-00549-w (2021).
Google Scholar
Matthews, L. H. The humpback whale Megaptera novaeangliae. Disc. Rep. 17, 7–92 (1937).
Scheffer, V. B. Organisms collected from whales in the Aleutian Islands. Murrelet 20, 67–69 (1939).
Google Scholar
Symons, H. W. & Weston, R. D. Studies on the humpback whale (Megaptera nodosa) in the Bellinghausen Sea. Norsk Hvalfangsttid 47, 53–81 (1958).
Van Waerebeek, K., Reyes, J. C. & Alfaro, J. Helminth parasites and phoronts of dusky dolphins Lagenorhynchus obscurus (Gray, 1828) from Peru. Aquat. Mamm. 19, 159–169 (1993).
Fertl, D. Barnacles. In Encyclopedia of Marine Mammals (eds Perrin, W. F. et al.) 75–78 (Academic Press, 2002).
Cornwall, I. E. The barnacles of british Columbia. Br. Col. Prov. Mus. Dept. 7, 5–69 (1955).
Abaunza, P., Arroyo, N. L. & Preciado, I. A contribution to the knowledge on the morphometry and the anatomical characters of Pennella balaenopterae (Copepoda, Ciphonostomatoida, Pennellidae), with special reference to the buccal complex. Crustaceana 74, 193–210 (2001).
Google Scholar
Marcer, F. et al. Parasitological and pathological findings in fin whales Balaenoptera physalus stranded along Italian coastlines. Dis. Aquat. Org. 133, 25–37 (2019).
Google Scholar
Turner, W. On Pennella balænopteræ: A crustacean, parasitic on a finner whale, Balaenoptera musculus. Earth. Environ. Sci. Trans. R. Soc. Edinb. 41, 409–434 (1905).
Google Scholar
Walker, W. A. & Hanson, M. B. Biological observations on Stejneger’s beaked whale, Mesoplodon stejnegeri, from strandings on Adak Alaska. Mar. Mamm. Sci. 15, 1314–1329 (1999).
Google Scholar
Delaney, M. A., Ford, J. K. B., Tang, K. & Gaydos, J. K. Mesoparasitic copepod (Pennella balaenopterae) infestation of a stranded offshore orca (Orcinus orca) in Southeast Alaska: Review of significance as a health indicator in cetaceans. In IAAAM 21–26 (2016).
Suyama, S., Kakehi, S., Yanagimoto, T. & Chow, S. Infection of the pacific saury Cololabis saira (Brevoort, 1856) (Teleostei: Beloniformes: Scomberesocidae) by Pennella sp. (Copepoda: Siphonostomatoida: Pennellidae) south of the Subarctic Front. J. Crust. Biol. 40, 384–389 (2020).
Google Scholar
Rowntree, V. J. Feeding, distribution and reproductive behavior of cyamids (Crustacea: Amphipoda) living on humpback and right whales. Can. J. Zool. 74, 103–109 (1996).
Google Scholar
Leung, Y. M. Life cycle of Cyamus scammoni (Amphipoda: Cyamidae), ectoparasite of gray whale, with a remark on the associated species. Sci. Rep. Whales Res. Inst. 28, 153–160 (1976).
MacIntyre, R. J. Rapid growth in stalked barnacles. Nature 212, 637–638 (1966).
Google Scholar
Rasmussen, T. Notes on the biology of the shipfouling gooseneck barnacle Conchoderma auritum Linnaeus, 1776 (Cirripedia; Lepadomorpha). Biol. Mar. 2, 37–44 (1980).
Dalley, R. & Crisp, D. J. Conchoderma: A fouling hazard to ships underway. Mar. Biol. Lett. 2, 141–152 (1981).
Dalley, R. The larval stages of the oceanic, pedunculate barnacle Conchoderma auritum (L) (Cirripedia, Thoracica). Crustaceana 46, 39–54 (1984).
Google Scholar
Foskolos, I., Provata, M. T. & Frantzis, A. First record of Conchoderma auritum (Cirripedia: Lepadidae) on Ziphius cavirostris (Cetacea: Ziphiidae) in Greece. Ann. Ser. Hist. 27, 29–34 (2017).
Lee, J. F., Friedlaender, A. S., Oliver, M. J. & DeLiberty, T. L. Behavior of satellite-tracked Antarctic minke whales (Balaenoptera bonaerensis) in relation to environmental factors around the western Antarctic Peninsula. Anim. Biotelem. 5, 23. https://doi.org/10.1186/s40317-017-0138-7 (2017).
Google Scholar
Darwin, C. A Monograph on the Subclass Cirripedia Vol. 1 (The Ray Society, 1851).
Tsikhon-Lukanina, V. A., Soldatova, I. N., Kuznetsova, I. A. & Il’in, I. I. Macrofouling community in the Strait of Tunisia (Sicily). Oceanology 16, 519–522 (1977).
Nilsson-Cantell, C. A. Cirripedien von der Stewart Insel und von Südgeorgien. Senckenbergiana 12, 210–213 (1930).
Slijper, E. J. Whales (Hutchinson, 1962).
Kaufman, G. D. & Forestell, P. H. Hawaii’s humpback whales, a complete whalewatching guide (Pacific Whale Foundation Press, 1986).
Dawbin, W. H. Baleen whales. In Whales, Dolphins and Porpoises (eds Harrison, R. & Bryden, M.) 44–65 (Facts on File, 1988).
Félix, F., Bearson, B. & Falconí, J. Epizoic barnacles removed from the skin of a humpback whale after a period of intense surface activity. Mar. Mamm. Sci. 22, 979–984 (2006).
Google Scholar
Towers, J. R. et al. Seasonal movements and ecological markers as evidence for migration of common minke whales photo-identified in the eastern North Pacific. J. Cetacean Res. Manag. 13, 221–229 (2013).
Iwasa-Arai, T. et al. The host-specific whale louse (Cyamus boopis) as a potential tool for interpreting humpback whale (Megaptera novaeangliae) migratory routes. J. Exp. Mar. Biol. Ecol. 505, 45–51 (2018).
Google Scholar
Lehnert, K. et al. Whale lice (Isocyamus deltobranchium & Isocyamus delphinii; Cyamidae) prevalence in odontocetes off the German and Dutch coasts – Morphological and molecular characterization and health implications. Int. J. Parasitol. 15, 22–30 (2021).
Dreyer, N. et al. How whale and dolphin barnacles attach to their hosts and the paradox of remarkably versatile attachment structures in cypris larvae. Org. Divers. Evol. 20, 233–249 (2020).
Google Scholar
Visser, I. N., Cooper, T. E. & Grimm, H. Duration of pseudo-stalked barnacles (Xenobalanus globicipitis) on a New Zealand Pelagic ecotype orca (Orcinus orca), with comments on cookie cutter shark bite marks (Isistius sp.); can they be used as biological tags?. Biol. Divers. 11, 1067–1086 (2020).
Van Waerebeek, K. & Reyes, J. C. A note on incidental fishery mortality of southern minke whales off western South America. Rep. Int. Whal. Commn 15, 521–523 (1994).
Félix, F. & Haase, B. A note on the northernmost record of the Antarctic minke whale (Balaenoptera bonaerensis) in the Eastern Pacific. J. Cetacean Res. Manag. 13, 191–194 (2013).
Esposito, C., Bichet, O. & Petit, M. First sightings of Antarctic minke whale (Balaenoptera bonaerensis) mother–calf pairs in French Polynesia. Aquat. Mamm. 47, 175–180 (2021).
Google Scholar
Karaa, S., Insacco, G., Bradai, M. N. & Scaravelli, D. Records of Xenobalanus globicipitis on Balaenoptera physalus and Stenella coeruleoalba in Tunisian and Sicilian waters. Nat. Rerum 1, 55–59 (2011).
Oliveira, J. B., Morales, J. A., González-Barrientos, R. C., Hernández-Gamboa, J. & Hernández-Mora, G. Parasites of cetaceans stranded on the Pacific Coast of Costa Rica. Vet. Parasitol. 182, 319–328. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.vetpar.2011.05.014 (2011).
Google Scholar
Dı́az-Gamboa, R. E. Varamiento de orcas pigmeas (Feresa attenuata Gray 1874) en Yucatán: Reporte de caso. Bioagrociencias 8, 36–43 (2015).
IJsseldijk, L. L. et al. Beached bachelors: An extensive study on the largest recorded sperm whale Physeter macrocephalus mortality event in the north sea. PloS One 13, e0201221. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0201221 (2018).
Google Scholar
Guerrero-Ruiz, M. & Urbán, J. R. First report of remoras on two killer whales (Orcinus orca) in the Gulf of California Mexico. Aquat. Mamm. 26, 148–150 (2000).
Kautek, G., Van Bressem, M. F. & Ritter, F. External body conditions in cetaceans from La Gomera, Canary Islands Spain. J. Marine Anim. Ecol. 11, 4–17 (2008).
Bearzi, M. & Patonai, K. Occurrence of the barnacle (Xenobalanus globicipitis) on coastal and offshore common bottlenose dolphins (Tursiops truncatus) in Santa Monica Bay and adjacent areas California. Bull. S. Calif. Acad. Sci. 109, 37–44. https://doi.org/10.3160/0038-3872-109.2.37 (2010).
Google Scholar
Foote, A. D. et al. Genetic differentiation among North Atlantic killer whale populations. Mol. Ecol. 20, 629–641. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1365-294X.2010.04957.x (2011).
Google Scholar
Toth, J. L., Hohn, A. A., Able, K. W. & Gorgone, A. M. Defining bottlenose dolphin (Tursiops truncatus) stocks based on environmental, physical and behavioral characteristics. Mar. Mamm. Sci. 28, 461–478. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1748-7692.2011.00497.x (2012).
Google Scholar
Urian, K. W., Kaufmann, R., Waples, D. M. & Read, A. J. The prevalence of ectoparasitic barnacles discriminates stocks of Atlantic common bottlenose dolphins (Tursiops truncatus) at risk of entanglement in coastal gill net fisheries. Mar. Mamm. Sci. 35, 290–299. https://doi.org/10.1111/mms.12522 (2019).
Google Scholar
Siciliano, S. et al. Epizoic barnacle (Xenobalanus globicipitis) infestations in several cetacean species in South-Eastern Brazil. Mar. Biol. Res. 16, 1–13. https://doi.org/10.1080/17451000.2020.1783450 (2020).
Google Scholar
Whitehead, T. O., Rollinson, D. P. & Reisinger, R. R. Pseudostalked barnacles Xenobalanus globicipitis attached to killer whales Orcinus orca in South African waters. Mar. Biodivers. Rec. 45, 873–876. https://doi.org/10.1007/s12526-014-0296-2 (2014).
Google Scholar
Methion, S. & Dı́az López, B. First record of atypical pigmentation pattern in fin whale Balaenoptera physalus in the Atlantic ocean. Dis. Aquat. Org. 135, 121–125. https://doi.org/10.3354/dao03385 (2019).
Google Scholar
Herr, H., Burkhardt-Holm, P., Heyer, K., Siebert, U. & Selling, J. Injuries, malformations and epidermal conditions in cetaceans of the strait of Gibraltar. Aquat. Mamm. 46, 215–235. https://doi.org/10.1578/AM.46.2.2020.215 (2020).
Google Scholar
Herr, H. et al. Return of large fin whale feeding aggregations to historical whaling grounds in the southern ocean. Sci. Rep. 12, 9458. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-022-13798-7 (2022).
Google Scholar
Gruvel, J. A. Cirrhipèdes Provenant Des Campagnes Scientifiques De S.A.S. Le Prince De Monaco, (1885– 1913). In Résultas Des Campagnes Scientifiques Accomplies Sur Son Yacht Par Albert Ler (Monaco: Prince Souverain de Monaco) 1-88 (1920).
Annandale, N. The rate of growth in Conchoderma and Lepas. Rec. Indian Mus. 3, 295 (1909).
Il’in, I. I., Kuznetsova, L. A. & Starostin, I. V. Oceanic fouling in the equatorial Atlantic. Oceanology 18, 597–599 (1978).
Eckert, K. L. & Eckert, S. A. Growth rate and reproductive condition of the barnacle Conchoderma virgatum on gravid leatherback sea turtles in Caribbean waters. J. Crust. Biol. 7, 682–690. https://doi.org/10.2307/1548651 (1987).
Google Scholar
Arroyo, N. L., Abaunza, P. & Preciado, I. The first naupliar stage of Pennella balaenopterae Koren and Danielssen 1877 (Copepoda: Siphonostomatoida, Pennellidae). Sarsia 87, 333–337. https://doi.org/10.1080/0036482021000155785 (2002).
Google Scholar
Source: Ecology - nature.com