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Tetraclita rufotincta Barnacle

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

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lexID:
14326 
AphiaID:
882229 
Scientific:
Tetraclita rufotincta 
German:
Seepocke 
English:
Barnacle 
Category:
Barnacles 
Family tree:
Animalia (Kingdom) > Arthropoda (Phylum) > Thecostraca (Class) > Balanomorpha (Order) > Tetraclitidae (Family) > Tetraclita (Genus) > rufotincta (Species) 
Initial determination:
Pilsbry, 1916 
Occurrence:
Suez-Kanal, Aldabra Group, Arabian Sea, East Africa, Gulf of Aden, Gulf of Oman / Oman, India, Indian Ocean, Iran, Israel, Kenya, Lybia, Madagascar, Pakistan, Red Sea, Saudi Arabia, South-Africa, Strait of Hormuz, Tansania, the Mediterranean Sea, Western Indian Ocean, Yemen, Zanzibar 
Marine Zone:
Intertidal (Eulittoral), intertidal zone between the high and low tide lines characterized by the alternation of low and high tide down to 15 meters 
Sea depth:
0 - 3 Meter 
Habitats:
Coastal waters, Intertidal zone, Tidal Zone, Rocky shores, Rock coasts, Seawater, Sea water 
Size:
up to 2.36" (6 cm) 
Temperature:
70.88 °F - 84.56 °F (21.6°C - 29.2°C) 
Food:
Copepods, Filter feeder, Plankton 
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
in this lexicon:
 
Author:
Publisher:
Meerwasser-Lexikon.de
Created:
Last edit:
2025-02-25 22:13:53 

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Tetraclita rufotincta Pilsbry, 1916

Tetraclita rufotincta is a barnacle with four pink or gray plates (exoskeleton), tubular walls and tiny ribs.Inside lives a barnacle that fans out plankton by constantly filter feeding.

This barnacle is found on rocks in the intertidal zone, while other barnacles are found on e.g. corals on whales or on ship hulls.

Synonymised names
Tetraclita squamosa rufotincta Pilsbry, 1916 · unaccepted

External links

  1. A checklist of the barnacles (Crustacea: Cirripedia: Thoracica) of the Persian Gulf and Gulf of Oman with nine new records (en). Abgerufen am 19.12.2021.
  2. Morphology and distribution of the acorn barnacle Tetraclita reni nom. nov. (Crustacea: Cirripedia) in Madagascar and adjacent waters (en). Abgerufen am 19.12.2021.
  3. treatment.plazi.org (en). Abgerufen am 13.12.2024.

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