WoRMS taxon details
Balanus balanus (Linnaeus, 1758)
AphiaID: 106213
AphiaID: 106213
| Classification: Biota > Animalia (Kingdom) > Arthropoda (Phylum) > Crustacea (Subphylum) > Maxillopoda (Class) > Thecostraca (Subclass) > Cirripedia (Infraclass) > Thoracica (Superorder) > Sessilia (Order) > Balanomorpha (Suborder) > Balanoidea (Superfamily) > Balanidae (Family) > Balaninae (Subfamily) > Balanus (Genus) |
| Status | accepted | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Record status | Checked by Taxonomic Editor | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Rank | Species | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Parent | Balanus Costa, 1778 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Synonymised taxa |
Balanus porcatus (Synonym) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Sources |
basis of record: Southward, A.J. (2001). Cirripedia - non-parasitic Thoracica, in: Costello, M.J. et al. (Ed.) (2001). European register of marine species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. Collection Patrimoines Naturels, 50: pp. 280-283 (look up in IMIS) [details] additional source: Brunel, P., Bosse, L. & Lamarche, G. (1998). Catalogue of the marine invertebrates of the estuary and Gulf of St. Lawrence. Canadian Special Publication of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences, 126. 405 p. (look up in IMIS) [details] additional source: Pollock, L.W. (1998). A practical guide to the marine animals of northeastern North America. Rutgers University Press. New Brunswick, New Jersey & London. 367 pp., available online at http://books.google.com/books?id=i1AmT31cuR4C [details] additional source: Trott, T.J. 2004. Cobscook Bay inventory: a historical checklist of marine invertebrates spanning 162 years. Northeastern Naturalist (Special Issue 2): 261 - 324. [details] additional source: Muller, Y. (2004). Faune et flore du littoral du Nord, du Pas-de-Calais et de la Belgique: inventaire. [Coastal fauna and flora of the Nord, Pas-de-Calais and Belgium: inventory]. Commission Régionale de Biologie Région Nord Pas-de-Calais: France. 307 pp. (look up in IMIS) [details] additional source: Dyntaxa (2013) Swedish Taxonomic Database. Accessed at www.dyntaxa.se [15-01-2013]., available online at http://www.dyntaxa.se [details] additional source: Hayward, P.J.; Ryland, J.S. (Ed.) (1990). The marine fauna of the British Isles and North-West Europe: 1. Introduction and protozoans to arthropods. Clarendon Press: Oxford, UK. ISBN 0-19-857356-1. 627 pp. (look up in IMIS) [details] additional source: ITIS database, available online at http://www.itis.gov [details] | ||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Environment | marine | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Distribution | Arctic Ocean [details] Argentina [details] Atlantic [details] Belgian Exclusive Economic Zone (not certain) [details] British Isles [details] Canadian part of the Arctic Ocean [details] Cobscook Bay [details] European waters (ERMS scope) [details] Gulf of Maine [details] Gulf of St. Lawrence [details] Indian Ocean [details] Irish Exclusive economic Zone [details] Italy [details] North Sea [details] North West Atlantic [details] Pacific Ocean [details] Portugal [details] Saguenay Fjord [details] St. Lawrence Estuary [details] Swedish Exclusive Economic Zone [details] United Kingdom [details] United Kingdom Exclusive Economic Zone [details] USA [details] Vlissingen [details] Wimereux [details] | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Feedingtype | suspension feeder [details] | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Links | Marine Life Information Network - UK To Barcode of Life (41 barcodes) To Biodiversity Heritage Library (34 publications) To Dyntaxa To Encyclopedia of Life To GenBank (8 nucleotides; 2 proteins) To Marine Species Identification Portal To PESI To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Barnacle Collection To ITIS | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Notes |
Distribution: This species is mainly an arctic boreal deepwater species, although it can occur into the lower third of the intertidal zone. Its distribution encloses the North Atlantic and North Pacific. [details] Distribution: Arctic to Cape Cod [details] Habitat: Known from rocky shores. [details] Habitat: intertidal, bathyal, infralittoral and circalittoral of the Gulf and estuary [details] Publication date: (Linnaeus, 1766) [details] Taxonomy: Subfamily: Balaninae, according to Trott (2004). [details] | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| LSID | urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:106213 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Citation: WoRMS (2013). Balanus balanus (Linnaeus, 1758). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=106213 on 2013-05-24 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
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