Balanus trigonus Triangle Barnacle

Balanus trigonus is commonly referred to as Triangle Barnacle. Difficulty in the aquarium: There are no reports available yet that this animal has already been kept in captivity successfully. Toxicity: Toxic hazard unknown.

Profile

lexID:

14081 

AphiaID:

106223 

Scientific:

Balanus trigonus 

German:

Triangel-Seepocke 

English:

Triangle Barnacle 

Category:

Barnacles 

Family tree:

Animalia (Kingdom) > Arthropoda (Phylum) > Thecostraca (Class) > Balanomorpha (Order) > Balanidae (Family) > Balanus (Genus) > trigonus (Species) 

Initial determination:

Darwin, 1854 

Occurrence:

the Black Sea, the North Sea, Adriatic Sea (Mediterranean), Argentina, Australia, Belgium, Brazil, British Virgin Islands, Circumglobal, Corea, Eastern Pacific Ocean, European Coasts, Florida, Greece, Gulf of California, Gulf of Mexico, Indian Ocean, Invasive Species, Israel, Japan, Madeira, Mexico (East Pacific), New Zealand, North Atlantic Ocean, North Pacific (Ocean), Pacific Ocean, Peru, Red Sea, South Atlantic, South-Africa, the Mediterranean Sea, USA 

Sea depth:

0 - 363 Meter 

Size:

0.39" - 0.79" (1,4cm - 2,5cm) 

Temperature:

51.8 °F - 82.4 °F (11°C - 28°C) 

Food:

Filter feeder, Plankton 

Difficulty:

There are no reports available yet that this animal has already been kept in captivity successfully 

Offspring:

Not available as offspring 

Toxicity:

Toxic hazard unknown 

CITES:

Not evaluated 

Red List:

Not evaluated (NE) 

Related species at
Catalog of Life:

• Balanus amphitrite
• Balanus aquila
• 
  Balanus balanus
  Große Seepocke
• Balanus calidus
• Balanus crenatus
• Balanus decorus
• Balanus eburneus
• Balanus engbergi
• Balanus flos
• Balanus flosculus
• Balanus galeatus
• 
  Balanus glandula
  Pazifische Seepocke
• Balanus hoekianus
• Balanus improvisus
• Balanus laevis
• Balanus merrilli
• Balanus nubilis
• 
  Balanus nubilus
  Riesen-Seepocke
• Balanus pacificus
• Balanus pentacrini
• Balanus perforatus
• Balanus regalis
• Balanus reticulatus
• Balanus rostratus
• Balanus spongicola
• Balanus subalbidus
• Balanus tintinnabulum
• 
  Balanus trigonus
  Triangel-Seepocke
• Balanus venustus
• Balanus vestitus
• Alle anzeigen

 

More related species
in this lexicon:

• 
  Balanus sp. 01
  Seepocke

 

Author:

Meerwasser-Lexikon Team

Publisher:

Meerwasser-Lexikon.de

Created:

2021-09-06 20:02:35 

Last edit:

2025-02-25 21:57:27 

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