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Tetraclita rubescens Pink Volcano Barnacle

Tetraclita rubescens wird umgangssprachlich als Rosa Seepocke bezeichnet.

Profilbild Urheber Leslie Harris, USA

Tetraclita rubescens,Coastal San Pedro, Los Angeles, CA, USA 2019


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lexID:
11605 
AphiaID:
882213 
Scientific:
Tetraclita rubescens 
German:
Rosa Vulkan-Seepocke 
English:
Pink Volcano Barnacle 
Category:
Barnacles 
Family tree:
Animalia (Kingdom) > Arthropoda (Phylum) > Hexanauplia (Class) > Sessilia (Order) > Tetraclitidae (Family) > Tetraclita (Genus) > rubescens (Species) 
Initial determination:
Nilsson-Cantell, 1931 
Occurrence:
Central Pazific, Eastern Pacific Ocean, Gulf of California, USA 
Sea depth:
Meter 
Size:
1.18" - 1.97" (3cm - 5cm) 
Temperature:
32 °F - 64.4 °F (0°C - 18°C) 
Food:
Filter feeder 
Difficulty:
Not suitable for aquarium keeping 
Offspring:
Not available as offspring 
Toxicity:
Toxic hazard unknown 
CITES:
Not evaluated 
Red List:
Not evaluated (NE) 
Related species at
Catalog of Life:
 
More related species
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Author:
Publisher:
Meerwasser-Lexikon.de
Created:
Last edit:
2025-02-25 22:13:27 

Info

Tetraclita rubescens Nilsson-Cantell, 1931

Tetraclita rubescens is a sessile barnacle with a diameter usually to 3 cm, rarely to 5 cm.The shells of adults are pink to reddish, juveniles are white.

Similar to Megabalanus californicus.

Synonymised names:
Tetraclita squamosa rubescens Darwin, 1854· accepted, alternate representation (elevated to species status)

External links

  1. Saisons in the Sea (en). Abgerufen am 16.05.2021.
  2. UC Santa Cruz (en). Abgerufen am 07.08.2020.
  3. Wikipedia (de). Abgerufen am 07.08.2020.
  4. World Register of Marine Species (WoRMS) (en). Abgerufen am 07.08.2020.

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Tetraclita rubescens,Coastal San Pedro, Los Angeles, CA, USA 2019
Pink Volcano Barnacle.Pillar Point.2021
Tetraclita rubescens.Pillar Point.2019
Volcano barnacle landscape.Tetraclita rubescens, aka volcano or red thatched barnacles, at Jalama, March 1st.2011
Pink Acorn Barnacle (Tetraclita rubescens), Pillar Point 2017

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