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| Scientific name: |
Balanus amphitrite |
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| Common name: |
Striped barnacle |
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| Taxonomy |
| Phyulm |
Sub Phylum |
Class |
Sub Class |
Order |
Sub Order |
Family |
Sub Family |
Genus |
Species |
| Arthropoda |
Crustacea |
Maxillopoda |
Thecostraca |
Sessillia |
Balanomorpha |
Balanidae |
Not Defined |
Balanus |
Balanus amphitrite |
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Short Description:
Balanus amphitrite is small . The color is whitish with purple or brown longitudinal stripes. Surface of test plates are longitudinally ribbed. The interlocking tergum and scutum, the paired structures which cover the animal inside
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Identification
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| Size: |
1.5 cm |
| Behaviour: |
The live attached to any available hard surface, including rocks, pier pilings, ship hull, oyster shells, and mangrove roots |
| Diet: |
Barnacles have specialized paired appendages, called cirri, that they use as a scoop net, reaching out into the water and extracting food particles. When their cirri are drawn back, food is scraped off into the mouth |
| Distribution: |
Troughout Soutern Africa |
| Depth: |
1-30m |
| Habitat: |
Can be found in the intertidal fouling communities of harbors and protected embayments |
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