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Megabalanus tintinnabulum (Linnaeus, 1758)

Balano, Barnacle

Taxonomy

Domain
Eukaryota

Kingdom
Animalia

Phylum
Arthropoda

Class
Thecostraca

Order
Balanomorpha

Superfamily
Balanoidea

Family
Balanidae

Genus
Megabalanus

Species
tintinnabulum

Taxon category: Accepted

Syn.: Balanus tintinnabulum (Linnaeus, 1758), Lepas tintinnabulum Linnaeus, 1758 (Horton et al., 2021)

Origin: Native

Distribution

Map of specimen collection localities or observation records for this species in our collections database.

References

Horton, T. Horton, T., Kroh, A., Ahyong, S., Bailly, N., Boyko, C. B., Brandão, S. N., Gofas, S., Hooper, J. N. A., Hernandez, F., Holovachov, O., Mees, J., Molodtsova, T. N., Paulay, G., Decock, W., Dekeyzer, S., Poffyn, G., Vandepitte, L., Vanhoorne, B., Adlard, R., ... Zhao, Z. (2021) World Register of Marine Species. Available from https://www.marinespecies.org at VLIZ.

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"Galapagos Species Database, Megabalanus tintinnabulum", dataZone. Charles Darwin Foundation, https://datazone.darwinfoundation.org/en/checklist/?species=19977. Accessed 4 November 2026.