Turtle barnacle
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An illustration based on the real animal.
A little discovery to share.
A turtle barnacle does not move itself away from the place where it is attached.
THE REAL WORLD
The real Turtle barnacle
- Scientific name
- Chelonibia testudinaria
- Japanese name
- カメフジツボ
- Group
- Ocean animals
- Class
- Thecostraca
- Order
- Sessilia
- Family
- Chelonibiidae
- Genus
- Chelonibia
Basic data
- Range
- Oceans worldwide
Where the Turtle barnacle has been recorded
Records: GBIF.org (CC0 and CC BY 4.0 records, retrieved 2026-11-07). Map: Natural EarthSee the records on GBIF
Watch wild animals from a distance. Do not touch or feed them, and take care of the places where they live.
Names around the world
- 日本語
- カメフジツボ
- 简体中文
- 龟藤壶
- 繁體中文
- 龜藤壺
- 한국어
- 꽃게붙이
- Español
- Percebe de tortuga
- Français
- Balane ronde des tortues marines
- Deutsch
- Schildkröten-Seepocke
- Italiano
- Balano delle tartarughe
Names come from Wikidata and iNaturalist records. Where a language has no recorded name, we use the scientific name.
Sources and how we check
- 鳥羽水族館 — カメフジツボChecked: 2026-11-04
We check each fact against its source. The illustrations simplify how the real animal looks.
The classification (class, order, family, genus) follows Wikidata records, checked against GBIF. Classifications can change as research goes on.
The basic data are the values given in each source. They vary with how the animal is measured, whether it is male or female, and whether it lives in the wild or in captivity.
This page was translated from the original Japanese with the help of AI.
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