🦋 Family

Balanidae

14 species · Animals

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Animalia › Arthropoda › Maxillopoda › Sessilia › Balanidae

Balanus nubilus Darwin, 1854

Balanus nubilus, the giant acorn barnacle, is the world's largest barnacle, native to the northeast Pacific Ocean.

Balanus glandula Darwin, 1854

Balanus glandula is a widespread Pacific acorn barnacle that has become invasive in Argentina and is used as a research model.

Balanus crenatus Bruguière, 1789

Balanus crenatus is a boreal six-plated barnacle found in North Pacific and North Atlantic intertidal and sublittoral zones.

Balanus trigonus Darwin, 1854

Balanus trigonus, the triangle barnacle, is a widespread cosmopolitan barnacle species that often acts as an invasive fouling organism.

Amphibalanus amphitrite (Darwin, 1854)

Amphibalanus amphitrite is a striped sessile coastal barnacle that has spread to most warm and temperate world seas.

Amphibalanus eburneus (Gould, 1841)

Amphibalanus eburneus, the ivory barnacle, is a medium-sized sessile barnacle native to the western Atlantic that has spread to Hawaii.

Amphibalanus improvisus (Darwin, 1854)

Amphibalanus improvisus, the bay barnacle, is a cosmopolitan invasive acorn barnacle that often causes biofouling.

Megabalanus californicus (Pilsbry, 1916)

Megabalanus californicus is a large acorn barnacle native to the Eastern Pacific from northern California to the Gulf of California.

Megabalanus tintinnabulum (Linnaeus, 1758)

Megabalanus tintinnabulum is a large tropical-origin barnacle that is a common primary fouling organism on man-made marine structures.

Megabalanus coccopoma (Darwin, 1854)

Megabalanus coccopoma, the titan acorn barnacle, is a large barnacle that has extended its range beyond its native Pacific coast habitat.

Paraconcavus pacificus (Pilsbry, 1916)

Paraconcavus pacificus, the red-striped acorn barnacle, is a balanid barnacle found in the northeastern Pacific.

Austromegabalanus nigrescens (Lamarck, 1818)

Austromegabalanus nigrescens, the giant black barnacle, is the largest acorn barnacle on Australian coasts, found in NZ and southern Australia.

Austromegabalanus psittacus (Molina, 1788)

Austromegabalanus psittacus is a large edible sessile barnacle native to the temperate South American Pacific coast.

Perforatus perforatus (Bruguière, 1789)

Perforatus perforatus is a large Atlantic barnacle that has recently expanded its range northward due to rising temperatures.

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