Amphibalanus improvisus (Darwin, 1854) 
AphiaID: 421139

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

Status		accepted
Record status		Checked by Taxonomic Editor
Rank		Species
Parent		Amphibalanus Pitombo, 2004
Synonymised taxa		Balanus improvisus 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] basis of record: 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] additional source (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] additional source (from synonym): ITIS database, available online at http://www.itis.gov [details] [view taxon] basis of record (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] additional source (from synonym): 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] [view taxon] additional source (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] additional source (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] additional source (from synonym): 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] [view taxon] context source: Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission (IOC) of UNESCO. The Ocean Biogeographic Information System (OBIS), available online at http://www.iobis.org/ [details]
Vernacular Names		Language    Name   Danish brakvandsrur (from synonym)  [details] Dutch brakwaterpok (from synonym)  [details] English acorn barnacle (from synonym)  [details] English bay barnacle (from synonym)  [details] French balane bernache (from synonym)  [details] French petite balane ivoire (from synonym)  [details] German Brackwasser-Seepocke (from synonym)  [details] Norwegian Bokmål brakkvannsrur (from synonym)  [details] Norwegian Nynorsk brakkvassrur (from synonym)  [details]
Environment		marine
Distribution		Arctic Ocean (from synonym) [details] [view taxon] Atlantic Europe (from synonym) [details] [view taxon] Baltic sea (from synonym) [details] [view taxon] Belgian Exclusive Economic Zone (from synonym) [details] [view taxon] Belt Sea (from synonym) [details] [view taxon] Black Sea (from synonym) [details] [view taxon] British Isles (from synonym) [details] [view taxon] Dutch Exclusive Economic Zone (from synonym) [details] [view taxon] East Gulf of Finland (from synonym) [details] [view taxon] Elbe (from synonym) [details] [view taxon] Estonian Exclusive Economic Zone (from synonym) [details] [view taxon] Europe (from synonym) [details] [view taxon] European waters (ERMS scope) (from synonym) [details] [view taxon] German Bight (from synonym) [details] [view taxon] Greek Exclusive Economic Zone (from synonym) [details] [view taxon] Gulf of Mexico [details] Irish Exclusive economic Zone (from synonym) [details] [view taxon] Mediterranean Sea (from synonym) [details] [view taxon] Muuga harbour (Port of Tallinn, Gulf of Finland) (from synonym) [details] [view taxon] North East Baltic Sea (from synonym) [details] [view taxon] North Sea (from synonym) [details] [view taxon] North West Atlantic (from synonym) [details] [view taxon] Oostende (from synonym) [details] [view taxon] Parnu Bay (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 (not certain) (from synonym) [details] [view taxon]
Links		To Barcode of Life (3 barcodes) To Encyclopedia of Life To GenBank (19 nucleotides; 8 proteins)
Images		[image from synonym] Balanus improvisus Darwin, 1854 added on 2007-11-27 - author: Swieringa, D. qualitystatus: not checked [image from synonym] Balanus improvisus Darwin, 1854 added on 2007-11-27 - author: Philippart, Catharina qualitystatus: not checked
LSID		urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:421139
Taxonomic Edit history		Date    action    by 2009-10-06 12:38:14Z   created   db_admin 2010-10-22 10:44:16Z   changed   Chan, Benny K.K.
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		Citation: Chan, Benny K.K. (2013). Amphibalanus improvisus (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=421139 on 2013-06-19
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