WoRMS taxon details
Amphibalanus amphitrite (Darwin, 1854)
AphiaID: 421137
AphiaID: 421137
| Classification: Biota > Animalia (Kingdom) > Arthropoda (Phylum) > Crustacea (Subphylum) > Maxillopoda (Class) > Thecostraca (Subclass) > Cirripedia (Infraclass) > Thoracica (Superorder) > Sessilia (Order) > Balanomorpha (Suborder) > Balanoidea (Superfamily) > Balanidae (Family) > Amphibalanus (Genus) |
| Status | accepted | ||||||||||
| Record status | Checked by Taxonomic Editor | ||||||||||
| Rank | Species | ||||||||||
| Parent | Amphibalanus Pitombo, 2004 | ||||||||||
| Synonymised taxa |
Balanus amphitrite Darwin, 1854 | ||||||||||
| Sources |
original description: Darwin, C.R. 1854. A monograph on the sub-Class Cirripedia, with figures of all the species. The Balanidae (or sessile cirripedes); the Verrucidae, etc., etc., etc. 1-684, plates 1-30. The Ray Society, London. [details] from synonym: 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] [view taxon] from synonym: ITIS database, available online at http://www.itis.gov [details] [view taxon] from synonym: 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] [view taxon] from synonym: 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] [view taxon] from synonym: 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] [view taxon] from synonym: Buckeridge, J. (2009). Cirripedia (Crustacea). In: Gordon, D. (Ed.) (2009). New Zealand Inventory of Biodiversity. Volume One: Kingdom Animalia. 584 pp [details] [view taxon] from synonym: Pitombo, F.B. (2004). Phylogenetic analysis of the Balanidae (Cirripedia, Balanomorpha). Zoologica Scripta 33 (3): 261–276., available online at http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.0300-3256.2004.00145.x [details] [view taxon] from synonym: Henry, D.P. and P. A. McLaughlin. 1975. The barnacles of the Balanus amphitrite complex (Cirripedia, Thoracica). Zoologische Verhandelingen 141:1-254. 22 plates. [details] [view taxon] 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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| Direct child taxa [show all] | Subspecies Amphibalanus amphitrite abundantatus (Kolosváry, 1948) Subspecies Amphibalanus amphitrite acutus (Withers, 1924) Subspecies Amphibalanus amphitrite amphitrite (Darwin, 1854) Subspecies Amphibalanus amphitrite archi-inexpectatus (Kolosváry, 1948) Subspecies Amphibalanus amphitrite cochinensis (Nilsson-Cantell, 1938) Subspecies Amphibalanus amphitrite helenae (Kolosváry, 1949) Subspecies Amphibalanus amphitrite hungaricus (Kolosváry, 1948) Subspecies Amphibalanus amphitrite karakumiensis (Kolosváry, 1961) Subspecies Amphibalanus amphitrite litoralis (Kolosváry, 1948) Subspecies Amphibalanus amphitrite merklini (Kolosváry, 1962) Subspecies Amphibalanus amphitrite tongaensis (Kolosváry, 1962) Subspecies Amphibalanus amphitrite vladivostokensis (Tarasov & Zevina, 1957) Subspecies Amphibalanus amphitrite communis (Darwin, 1854) accepted as Amphibalanus amphitrite amphitrite (Darwin, 1854) Subspecies Amphibalanus amphitrite denticulata (Broch, 1927) accepted as Balanus amphitrite amphitrite Darwin, 1854 accepted as Amphibalanus amphitrite amphitrite (Darwin, 1854) | ||||||||||
| Environment | marine | ||||||||||
| Distribution | Azores Exclusive Economic Zone (from synonym) [details] [view taxon] Belgian Exclusive Economic Zone (from synonym) [details] [view taxon] Dunkerque (from synonym) [details] [view taxon] Greek Exclusive Economic Zone (from synonym) [details] [view taxon] Gulf of Mexico [details] Kenya (from synonym) [details] [view taxon] Kerkennah Islands (from synonym) [details] [view taxon] Koksijde (from synonym) [details] [view taxon] New Zealand Exclusive Economic Zone (from synonym) [details] [view taxon] Nieuwpoort (from synonym) [details] [view taxon] North East Atlantic (from synonym) [details] [view taxon] North West Atlantic (from synonym) [details] [view taxon] Oostende (from synonym) [details] [view taxon] Plymouth (from synonym) [details] [view taxon] Red Sea (from synonym) [details] [view taxon] South Africa (country) (from synonym) [details] [view taxon] Southern Bight (from synonym) [details] [view taxon] Ukrainian Exclusive Economic Zone (from synonym) [details] [view taxon] United Kingdom Exclusive Economic Zone (from synonym) [details] [view taxon] Wimereux (from synonym) [details] [view taxon] | ||||||||||
| Links | To Encyclopedia of Life To GenBank (149 nucleotides; 47 proteins) | ||||||||||
| Note |
Alien species: The striped barnacle Amphibalanus amphitrite is a cosmopolitan barnacle that naturally occurs in almost every tropical and subtropical sea. It is a typical fouling species that can reach different places by attaching itself to ship’s hulls. The first specimen in Belgium was found in 1952 in farmed oysters in the port of Ostend. It took till February 1995 till the striped barnacle was commonly found along the Belgian coast. It was thought that the cold winter temperatures would kill off the species in the Belgian regions, but this did not happen. The barnacle today (2011) is a common inhabitant in the port of Ostend. The species thrives well in areas with a certain degree of physical stress or pollution. [details] | ||||||||||
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| LSID | urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:421137 | ||||||||||
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| Citation: Chan, Benny K.K. (2013). Amphibalanus amphitrite (Darwin, 1854). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=421137 on 2013-05-22 | |||||||||||
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