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Balanus nubilus
Class Maxillopoda +
Common name is Giant acorn barnacle  +
Documentation requested false  +
Family Balanidae +
Genus Balanus +
Order Sessilia +
Origination status is Native +
Phylum Arthropoda +
Scientific name is Balanus nubilus  +
SpecificEpithet nubilus  +
Summary This barnacle is usually found as an emptyThis 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.  +
Synonyms include Balanus altissumus  + , Balanus flos  +
TaxonRank species  +
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Categories Marine Invertebrate  + , Species  +
Modification dateThis property is a special property in this wiki. 16 June 2014 01:05:45  +
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