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Balanus improvisus
Sign in to saveAlso known as bay barnacle Amphibalanus improvisus
espèce de crustacés cirripèdes
Species
acorn barnacle
SPECIES
- KingdomAnimalia
- PhylumArthropoda
- ClassMaxillopoda
- OrderSessilia
- FamilyBalanidae
As opposed to the acorn barnacle, bay barnacles can also survive in brackish water. They didn't originally belong to the original Dutch fauna. They probably arrived in the North Sea attached to a ship arriving from the eastern shores of the United States. Or possibly attachted to a whale. This is often how a small animal travels a long distance without exerting any effort. When Australasian barnacles inhabit the same area where bay barnacles already live, then the bay barnacle is often the weaker of the two and is displaced.
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Museum specimens
- Specimen records
- 362
- With media
- 130
- Family
- Balanidae
- Collections
- RBINS-SCIENTIFIC HERITAGE
- Recorded in
- Belgium
Wikidata facts
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- taxon name
- Balanus improvisus
- taxon rank
- species
- Commons category
- Amphibalanus improvisus
- taxon common name
- merirokko
- short name
- B. improvisus
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Amphibalanus improvisus (anciennement Balanus improvisus – protonyme) est une espèce de balanes. Elle est également nommée "balane imprévue", "balane des baies" (bay barnacle), "balane blanche" voire "balane de la mer Noire". Ces trois dernières appellations, sans être inexactes, ont cependant le défaut de ne pas se référer à des caractères réellement spécifiques et doivent être évitées.[pas clair]
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