AUTHOR=Hayashi Ryota 

TITLE=Past Biodiversity: Japanese Historical Monographs Document the Epibiotic Barnacles and Cold-Stunning Event of the Hawksbill Turtle Eretmochelys imbricata

JOURNAL=Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution

VOLUME=9

YEAR=2021

URL=https://www.frontiersin.org/journals/ecology-and-evolution/articles/10.3389/fevo.2021.734415

DOI=10.3389/fevo.2021.734415

ISSN=2296-701X

ABSTRACT=<p>The historical monographs called “<italic>Honzou Gaku</italic>” present the first record of cold-stunning of a hawksbill turtle <italic>Eretmochelys imbricata</italic> (Linnaeus, 1766) in the Echigo region of Japan during the Edo period (1600–1868), and the barnacles attached to the turtle were identified as <italic>Platylepas hexastylos</italic> (Fabricius, 1798). Analysis of this finding adds substantial knowledge to our understanding of the life history of the hawksbill turtles along the coast of Japan. As reported in this study, literature on the historical heritage of other animals or plants can also provide information about their past biodiversity.</p>