Key Identification Features
- It has distinctive narrow vertical purple or brown stripes, and the surface of its test has vertical ribbing.
- It can be distinguished from other species in the Megabalanus genus by two key features: ungrooved growth ridges on its scutum, and parietes that have no spines or spiny projections.
- Another similar species is the striped barnacle (Balanus amphitrite), which can be distinguished by the vertical pink lines on its test.
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