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Semibalanus balanoides

Semibalanus balanoides
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Thecostraca
Subclass: Cirripedia
Order: Balanomorpha
Family: Balanidae
Genus: Semibalanus
Species:
S. balanoides
Binomial name
Semibalanus balanoides
Synonyms

Balanus balanoides Linnaeus, 1767[2]

Semibalanus balanoides (common barnacle, common rock barnacle, or northern rock barnacle) is a common and widespread boreo-arctic species of acorn barnacle. It is common on rocks and other substrates in the intertidal zone of north-western Europe and both coasts of North America.

  1. ^ "Semibalanus balanoides (Linnaeus, 1767)". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved June 6, 2011.
  2. ^ N. White (July 4, 2007). "Semibalanus balanoides: an acorn barnacle". Marine Life Information Network: biology and sensitivity key information sub-programme. Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom.

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