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13. Chthamalus stellatus (Puli), 1795. 
Chthamalus stellatus (Poli), Darwin, Balanidae, p. 455, pi. XVIII, fig. 1 (1854). 
With some doubt, I refer to this species six specimens, much eroded and with 
obliterated sutures, whose soft parts have not been preserved. They are from the Bay 
of Islands, New Zealand. 
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14. Coronula diadem a (L.) 1767. 
Coronula diadema (L.), Darwin, Balanidae, p. 417, pi. XV, fig. 3 ; pi. XVI, figs. 1, 2, 7 (1854). 
The overlapping of the base of the shell of this species by the skin of the whale 
on which it stands might seem to be due to the growth of the epidermis of the host. 
A very interesting specimen in the British Museum shows that this is not the ease. 
Some specimens of Balanus crenatus have settled upon a piece of oilcloth, and, no doubt 
by the growth of their shells, have scaled off the surface of the fabric and caused it to 
rise over their bases just as the skin of the whale is caused to rise. 
Several specimens were taken on Megaptern nodosa off New Zealand, associated 
with Conchoderma auritum. 
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