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Amphibalanus Caribensis
''Amphibalanus'' is a genus of barnacle of the family Balanidae that includes species formerly assigned to ''Balanus''. It contains the following species: *''Amphibalanus amphitrite'' (Darwin, 1854) *†''Amphibalanus caboblanquensis'' (Weisbord, 1966) (extinct) *†''Amphibalanus caribensis'' (Weisbord, 1966) (extinct) *''Amphibalanus cirratus'' (Darwin, 1854) *''Amphibalanus eburneus'' (Gould, 1841) *†''Amphibalanus halosydne'' (Zullo & Katuna, 1992) (extinct) *†''Amphibalanus hopkinsi'' (Zullo, 1968) (extinct) *''Amphibalanus improvisus'' (Darwin, 1854) *''Amphibalanus inexpectatus'' (Pilsbry, 1916) *''Amphibalanus peruvianus'' (Pilsbry, 1909) *†''Amphibalanus playagrandensis'' (Weisbord, 1966) (extinct) *''Amphibalanus poecilotheca'' (Kruger, 1911) *†''Amphibalanus reflexus'' (Zullo, 1984) (extinct) *''Amphibalanus reticulatus'' (Utinomi, 1967) *''Amphibalanus rhizophorae'' (Ren & Liu, 1989) *''Amphibalanus salaami'' (Nilsson-Cantell, 1932) *''Amphibalanus subalbidus'' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Amphibalanus Improvisus
''Amphibalanus improvisus'', the bay barnacle, European acorn barnacle, is a species of acorn barnacle in the family Balanidae. Description ''Amphibalanus improvisus'' has a smooth white or pale grey conical calcareous shell composed of six fused plates. There is an oval or rhombic opening at the top which is blocked by two hinged plates. Adults usually grow to about in diameter and in width though they are sometimes larger than this and can grow taller when densely packed. The base is characteristically grooved radially. This species can be confused with the striped barnacle ('' Amphibalanus amphitrite'') and in European waters with the northern rock barnacle ('' Semibalanus balanoides'') or the rock barnacle ('' Balanus crenatus''). Distribution ''Amphibalanus improvisus'' has a cosmopolitan distribution and is found in temperate and tropical parts of the Atlantic Ocean, the Arctic Ocean, the Baltic Sea the North Sea, the Mediterranean Sea and the Black Sea. It is not kn ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
