Megabalanus coccopoma (Darwin, 1854) 
AphiaID: 149682

Classification: Biota > Animalia > Arthropoda > Crustacea > Maxillopoda > Thecostraca > Cirripedia > Thoracica > Sessilia > Balanomorpha > Balanoidea > Balanidae > Megabalaninae > Megabalanus

Status		accepted
Record status		Checked by Taxonomic Editor
Rank		Species
Parent		Megabalanus Hoek, 1913
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] basis of record: Kerckhof, F. (2002). Barnacles (Cirripedia, Balanomorpha) in Belgian waters, an overview of the species and recent evolutions, with emphasis on exotic species. Bull. Kon. Belg. Inst. Natuurwet. Biologie 72(Suppl.): 93-104 (look up in IMIS) [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: Gittings, S. R. 2009. Cirripedia (Crustacea) of the Gulf of Mexico, Pp. 827–836 in Felder, D.L. and D.K. Camp (eds.), Gulf of Mexico–Origins, Waters, and Biota. Biodiversity. Texas A&M Press, College Station, Texas. [details]
Vernacular Names		Language    Name   Dutch grote roze zeepok  [details] English titan acorn barnacle  [details]
Environment		marine
Distribution		Belgian Exclusive Economic Zone [details] Gulf of Mexico [details] Wimereux (not certain) [details]
Feedingtype		suspension feeder [details]
Links		Delivering Alien Invasive Species Inventories for Europe (DAISIE) To Biodiversity Heritage Library (2 publications) To Encyclopedia of Life To GenBank (57 nucleotides; 55 proteins) To PESI To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Barnacle Collection To ITIS
Images		Megabalanus coccopoma added on 2008-02-26 - author: Faasse, Marco (www.acteon.nl) qualitystatus: not checked Megabalanus coccopoma added on 2008-02-26 - author: Faasse, Marco (www.acteon.nl) qualitystatus: not checked Megabalanus coccopoma added on 2008-02-26 - author: Faasse, Marco (www.acteon.nl) qualitystatus: not checked Megabalanus coccopoma added on 2011-11-01 - author: Dekee, Michaël () qualitystatus: not checked
LSID		urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:149682
Taxonomic Edit history		Date    action    by 2005-03-30 08:09:10Z   created   Cuvelier, Daphne 2010-04-01 06:48:06Z   checked   Chan, Benny K.K.
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		Citation: Chan, Benny K.K. (2013). Megabalanus coccopoma (Darwin, 1854). Accessed through: VLIZ Belgian Marine Species Consortium (2010) The Belgian Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/berms/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=149682 on 2013-06-20
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