A New Stomatolepas Barnacle Species (Cirripedia: Balanomorpha: Coronuloidea) from Leatherback Sea Turtles

ABSTRACT A new species of the commensal barnacle genus Stomatolepas has been collected from leatherback turtles in the southern Atlantic Ocean. It is described here as S. pilsbryi n. sp. and compared to its congeners S. elegans (Costa, 1838) and S. praegustator Pilsbry, 1910. A neotype is also designated for S. elegans.

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