Short Communication

Goose barnacles on seals and a penguin at Gough Island

Published in: African Zoology
Volume 45 , issue 1 , 2010 , pages: 129–132

DOI: 10.1080/15627020.2010.11657262

Author(s): Ryan R. Reisinger Mammal Research Institute, Department of Zoology and Entomology, South Africa , Marthán N. Bester Mammal Research Institute, Department of Zoology and Entomology, South Africa

Keywords: Goose barnacle , Lepas australis , Elephant seal , Fur seals , Rockhopper penguin , Gough Island

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Abstract

During a survey of seals in September and October 2009 at Gough Island, South Atlantic Ocean, we recorded goose barnacles (Lepas australis) attached to the pelage of two of the 12 elephant seals (Mirounga leonina) inspected and one of the seven vagrant Antarctic fur seals (Arctocephalus gazella) which were found amongst the resident Subantarctic fur seals (A. tropicalis). We also recorded a goose barnacle attached to a Northern rockhopper penguin (Eudyptes chrysocome moseleyi).

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