From Natural History of Southeast Alaska
Class
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Maxillopoda +
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Common name is
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Giant acorn barnacle +
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Documentation requested
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false +
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Family
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Balanidae +
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Genus
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Balanus +
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Order
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Sessilia +
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Origination status is
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Native +
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Phylum
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Arthropoda +
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Scientific name is
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Balanus nubilus +
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SpecificEpithet
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nubilus +
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Summary
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This barnacle is usually found as an empty … This barnacle is usually found as an empty, cast-off shell of such disproportionate dimensions that beachcombers tend to think they have found some deep-sea giant or aberrant formation. However, this species is found intertidally on such treacherous surf-beaten rocks that few people ever see it. It is also seen subtidally by divers.
This species grows to six inches across the base, and when small can be distinguished from worn specimens of [[Semibalanus cariosus|Thatched acorn barnacle (''Semibalanus cariosus'')]] by the absent of longitudinal striations on the scuta.t of longitudinal striations on the scuta. +
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Synonyms include
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Balanus altissumus +
, Balanus flos +
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TaxonRank
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species +
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Has queryThis property is a special property in this wiki.
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Balanus nubilus +
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Categories |
Marine Invertebrate +
, Species +
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Modification dateThis property is a special property in this wiki.
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16 June 2014 01:05:45 +
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Has subobjectThis property is a special property in this wiki.
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Balanus nubilus +
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