Semibalanus balanoides Acorn barnacle

Semibalanus balanoides is commonly referred to as Acorn barnacle. Difficulty in the aquarium: Niet geschikt voor huiskameraquaria!.

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lexID:

8476 

AphiaID:

106210 

Scientific:

Semibalanus balanoides 

German:

Gemeine Seepocke 

English:

Acorn Barnacle 

Category:

 

Family tree:

Animalia (Kingdom) > Arthropoda (Phylum) > Hexanauplia (Class) > Sessilia (Order) > Archaeobalanidae (Family) > Semibalanus (Genus) > balanoides (Species) 

Initial determination:

(Linnaeus, ), 1767 

Occurrence:

the Baltic Sea, the North Sea, Azores, Canada Eastern Pacific, European Coasts, North Atlantic Ocean, the British Isles, USA, West-Atlantic Ocean 

Sea depth:

Meter 

Size:

up to 0.59" (1.5 cm) 

Temperature:

°F - 77 °F (°C - 25°C) 

Food:

Filter feeder, Zooplankton 

Difficulty:

Niet geschikt voor huiskameraquaria! 

CITES:

Not evaluated 

Related species at
Catalog of Life:

• 
  Semibalanus balanoides
  Gemeine Seepocke
• Semibalanus cariosus

 

Author:

Meerwasser-Lexikon Team

Publisher:

Meerwasser-Lexikon.de

Created:

2015-06-08 19:43:06 

Last edit:

2025-02-25 22:12:02 

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