Amphibalanus amphitrite amphitrite

Author
Darwin, 1854
Common Names
  • Striped Barnacle

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Overall Geographic Range
Cosmopolitan in Tropical and warm Temperate seas
Habitat-Biology
  • bay and nearshore
  • hard substrate
References

  • Gittings, S. R. 1985. Notes on barnacles (Cirripedia: Thoracica) from the Gulf of Mexico. Gulf Research Reports 8(1): 35–41.

  • Henry, D. P., and P. A. McLaughlin. 1975. The barnacles of the Balanus amphitrite complex (Cirripedia, Thoracica). Zoologische Verhandelinger 141: 1–254.

  • Villalba, A. C. 2004. Taxonomía y patrones de distribución de los cirripedios (Crustacea: Cirripedia: Thoracica) sublitorales de la parte sur del Golfo de México. Thesis, Universidad Autonoma de México. 151 pp.

  • Wells, H. W. 1966. Barnacles of the northeastern Gulf of Mexico. Quarterly Journal of the Florida Academy of Science 29(2): 81–95.

  • Zullo, V. A. 1979. Marine flora and fauna of the northeastern United States. Arthropoda: Cirripedia. National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration Technical Report National Marine Fisheries Service Circular 425. 29 pp.

Species Notes

None noted.

Source

Gittings, S. R. 2009. Cirripedia (Crustacea) of the Gulf of Mexico, Pp. 827–836 in Felder, D.L. and D.K. Camp (eds.), Gulf of Mexico–Origins, Waters, and Biota. Biodiversity. Texas A&M Press, College Station, Texas.

GulfBase Citation

Harte Research Institute for Gulf of Mexico Studies. 2016. GulfBase: Resource Database for Gulf of Mexico Research, Education, and Management. Texas A&M University-Corpus Christi. World Wide Web electronic publication. http://www.gulfbase.org, 05-14-2024.

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