WoRMS taxon details
Balanus improvisus Darwin, 1854
AphiaID: 106218
AphiaID: 106218
| 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 |  unaccepted | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Record status | Checked by Taxonomic Editor | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Accepted name | Amphibalanus improvisus (Darwin, 1854) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Rank | Species | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Parent | Balanus Costa, 1778 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Synonymised taxa |
Balanus ovularis | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 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: 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: Streftaris, N.; Zenetos, A.; Papathanassiou, E. (2005). Globalisation in marine ecosystems: the story of non-indigenous marine species across European seas. Oceanogr. Mar. Biol. Ann. Rev. 43: 419-453 (look up in IMIS) [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] context source (Deepsea): Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission (IOC) of UNESCO. The Ocean Biogeographic Information System (OBIS), available online at http://www.iobis.org/ [details] | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Environment | marine | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Distribution | Arctic Ocean [details] Atlantic Europe [details] Baltic sea [details] Belgian Exclusive Economic Zone [details] Belt Sea [details] Black Sea [details] British Isles [details] Dutch Exclusive Economic Zone [details] East Gulf of Finland [details] Elbe [details] Estonian Exclusive Economic Zone [details] Europe [details] European waters (ERMS scope) [details] German Bight [details] Greek Exclusive Economic Zone [details] Irish Exclusive economic Zone [details] Mediterranean Sea [details] Muuga harbour (Port of Tallinn, Gulf of Finland) [details] North East Baltic Sea [details] North Sea [details] North West Atlantic [details] Oostende [details] Parnu Bay [details] Ukrainian Exclusive Economic Zone [details] United Kingdom Exclusive Economic Zone [details] Wimereux (not certain) [details] | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Feedingtype | suspension feeder [details] | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Links | Delivering Alien Invasive Species Inventories for Europe (DAISIE) European Network on Invasive Alien Species (NOBANIS) - Balanus improvisus PlanktonNet Image To Barcode of Life (1 barcode) To Biodiversity Heritage Library (137 publications) To Encyclopedia of Life To GenBank (21 nucleotides; 10 proteins) To Marine Species Identification Portal To PESI To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Barnacle Collection To ITIS | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Notes |
Distribution: This species is very widespread around the Atlantic and has been dispersed by shipping to many parts of the world, for example into the Indo Pacific and Austral-asia. As a result, it has now a world-wide distribution in tropical and temperate seas. [details] Distribution: Gulf of St. Lawrence (unspecified region), southern Gaspe waters (Baie des Chaleurs, Gaspe Bay to American, Orphan and Bradelle banks; eastern boundary: Eastern Bradelle Valley), Magdalen Islands (from Eastern Bradelle valley to the west, as far as Cape North, including the Cape Breton Channel), lower St. Lawrence estuary, Prince Edward Island (from the northern tip of Miscou Island, N.B. to Cape Breton Island south of Cheticamp, including the Northumberland Strait and Georges Bay to the Canso Strait causeway); lower North Shore to Florida [details] Habitat: Known from the nearshore. [details] Habitat: infralittoral of the Gulf and estuary [details] | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| LSID | urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:106218 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Citation: Chan, Benny K.K. (2013). Balanus improvisus Darwin, 1854. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=106218 on 2013-05-25 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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