Balanus glandula North American Acorn Barnacle, Common Acorn Barnacle

Balanus glandula is commonly referred to as North American Acorn Barnacle, Common Acorn Barnacle. Difficulty in the aquarium: Not suitable for aquarium keeping. Toxicity: Toxic hazard unknown.

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Balanus glandula (HMB) 2008

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lexID:: 15357
AphiaID:: 394848

Scientific:: Balanus glandula
German:: Pazifische Seepocke
English:: North American Acorn Barnacle, Common Acorn Barnacle

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Family tree:: Animalia (Kingdom) > Arthropoda (Phylum) > Thecostraca (Class) > Balanomorpha (Order) > Balanidae (Family) > Balanus (Genus) > glandula (Species)
Initial determination:: Darwin, 1854

Occurrence:: Argentina, Belgium, Canada Eastern Pacific, Gulf of California, Invasive Species, North Pacific (Ocean), South Atlantic, South-Africa, Uruguay, USA
Marine Zone:: Subtidal, sublittoral, infralittoral, deep zone of the oceans from the lower limit of the intertidal zone (intertidal) to the shelf edge at about 200 m water depth. neritic.
Sea depth:: Meter
Size:: 2,2 cm
Temperature:: 32.36 °F - 95 °F (.2°C - 35°C)
Food:: Detritus, Filter feeder, Plankton, Suspension feeder, Zooplankton
Difficulty:: Not suitable for aquarium keeping
Offspring:: Not available as offspring
Toxicity:: Toxic hazard unknown

CITES:

Not evaluated

Red List:

Not evaluated (NE)

Related species at Catalog of Life:

Balanus amphitrite
Balanus aquila
Balanus balanus
Große Seepocke
Balanus calidus
Balanus crenatus
Balanus decorus
Balanus eburneus
Balanus engbergi
Balanus flos
Balanus flosculus
Balanus galeatus
Balanus glandula
Pazifische Seepocke
Balanus hoekianus
Balanus improvisus
Balanus laevis
Balanus merrilli
Balanus nubilis
Balanus nubilus
Riesen-Seepocke
Balanus pacificus
Balanus pentacrini
Balanus perforatus
Balanus regalis
Balanus reticulatus
Balanus rostratus
Balanus spongicola
Balanus subalbidus
Balanus tintinnabulum
Balanus trigonus
Triangel-Seepocke
Balanus venustus
Balanus vestitus

More related species in this lexicon:

Balanus sp. 01
Seepocke

Author:: Meerwasser-Lexikon Team
Publisher:: Meerwasser-Lexikon.de
Created:: 2022-11-13 19:54:53
Last edit:: 2025-02-25 21:55:28

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Balanus glandula Darwin, 1854

Balanus glandula is one of the most common barnacle species on the Pacific coast of North America, distributed from the U.S. state of Alaska to Bahía de San Quintín near San Quintín, Baja California.They are commonly found in the upper intertidal zone on mussels, rocks and pier pilings.

Food: phytoplankton, zooplankton and detritus.

External links

Wallawalla (en). Abgerufen am 13.11.2022.
Wikipedia (en). Abgerufen am 13.11.2022.

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