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Calantica spinosa Barnacle

Calantica spinosa is commonly referred to as Barnacle. Difficulty in the aquarium: Not suitable for aquarium keeping. Toxicity: Toxic hazard unknown.

Profilbild Urheber Javier Couper (Predomalpha), New Zealand

Smilium spinosa,In sea cave at Maori Bay, Muriwai.2020


Courtesy of the author Javier Couper (Predomalpha), New Zealand Photo taken by Javier Couper. Please visit www.inaturalist.org for more information.

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lexID:
13421 
AphiaID:
535068 
Scientific:
Calantica spinosa 
German:
Entenmuschel 
English:
Barnacle 
Category:
Other Crustaceans 
Family tree:
Animalia (Kingdom) > Arthropoda (Phylum) > Thecostraca (Class) > Calanticomorpha (Order) > Calanticidae (Family) > Calantica (Genus) > spinosa (Species) 
Initial determination:
(Quoy & Gaimard, ), 1834 
Occurrence:
Endemic species, New Zealand 
Sea depth:
Meter 
Size:
0.79" - 1.18" (2cm - 3cm) 
Temperature:
°F - 64.4 °F (°C - 18°C) 
Food:
Filter feeder, Plankton 
Difficulty:
Not suitable for aquarium keeping 
Offspring:
None 
Toxicity:
Toxic hazard unknown 
CITES:
Not evaluated 
Red List:
Not evaluated (NE) 
Related species at
Catalog of Life:
  • Calantica biseriata
  • Calantica capuronii
  • Calantica cerasifolia
  • Calantica chauvetiae
  • Calantica decaryana
  • Calantica grandiflora
  • Calantica lucida
  • Calantica moskalevi
  • Calantica olivacea
  • Calantica pseudobiseriata
 
More related species
in this lexicon:
 
Author:
Publisher:
Meerwasser-Lexikon.de
Created:
Last edit:
2024-05-04 16:28:47 

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Calantica spinosa (Quoy & Gaimard, 1834)

Calanticidae is a family of barnacles . The barnacle Smilium spinosa is endemic to NewZealand and can be found on intertidal rocks, often under shady ledges.

Synonymised names
Pollicipes darwini Hutton, 1879 · unaccepted (listed as synonym by Foster, 1978)
Pollicipes sertus Darwin, 1851 · unaccepted (generic reassignment)
Pollicipes spinosus (Quoy & Gaimard, 1834) · unaccepted (generic reassignment)
Protomitella paradoxa Broch, 1922 · unaccepted (listed as synonym by Foster, 1978)
Smilium spinosa (Quoy & Gaimard, 1834) · unaccepted

External links

  1. iNaturlaist.org (en). Abgerufen am 10.12.2020.
  2. New Zealand Mollusca (en). Abgerufen am 10.12.2020.
  3. WoRMS (en). Abgerufen am 10.12.2020.

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Smilium spinosa,In sea cave at Maori Bay, Muriwai.2020

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