Balanus balanus Rough Barnacle

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

Profile

lexID:

6344 

AphiaID:

106213 

Scientific:

Balanus balanus 

German:

Große Seepocke 

English:

Rough Barnacle 

Category:

Barnacles 

Family tree:

Animalia (Kingdom) > Arthropoda (Phylum) > Hexanauplia (Class) > Sessilia (Order) > Balanidae (Family) > Balanus (Genus) > balanus (Species) 

Initial determination:

(Linnaeus, ), 1758 

Occurrence:

the North Sea, Arctic (North Polar Sea), Argentina, Canada Eastern Pacific, Gulf of Maine, Iceland, Indian Ocean, Ireland, Kamtschatka, New Zealand, North Atlantic Ocean, North Pacific (Ocean), Portugal, Scandinavia, the British Isles, the Faroe Islands, USA 

Sea depth:

27 - 237 Meter 

Habitats:

Brackish water, Intertidal zone, Tidal Zone, Rocky, hard seabeds, Seawater, Sea water, Ship Hulls, Stony soils 

Size:

0.39" - 1.97" (1,5cm - 5,0cm) 

Temperature:

-1,3 °F - 12,7 °F (-1,3°C - 12,7°C) 

Food:

Filter feeder, Zooplankton 

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:

• 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:

2013-11-03 13:55:23 

Last edit:

2025-02-25 21:54:46 

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