Galapagos Species Database

The Galapagos Species Database shares the information about the species from our Natural History Collections.

Megabalanus peninsularis (Pilsbry, 1916)

balano gigante, Giant barnacle

Reported for Quaternary and Recent period.

Taxonomy

Domain
Eukaryota

Kingdom
Animalia

Phylum
Arthropoda

Class
Thecostraca

Order
Balanomorpha

Superfamily
Balanoidea

Family
Balanidae

Genus
Megabalanus

Species
peninsularis

Taxon category: Accepted

Origin: Native

Status

IUCN Red List Category: Not evaluated

Distribution

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

Distribution: Cocos Islands, Costa Rica, Colombia, Peru And Galapagos Islands in Daphne, Islote Eden, Española, Floreana, Gardner, Genovesa, Isabela, San Cristobal, Santiago and Santa Cruz Islands.

References

  • Banks, S. Vera, M. & Chiriboga, A. (2009) Establishing Reference Points to Assess Long-Term Change in Zooxanthellate Coral Communities of the Northern Galapagos Coral Reefs. J. Sci. Conserv. in the Galapagos Islands, p. 43-64.
  • Hickman, C.P. Jr. Zimmerman, T.L. (2000) A Field Guide to Crustaceans of Galápagos. Sugar Spring Press, Lexington, Virginia, 156 pp.
  • 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.
  • Zullo, V.A. (1991) Zoogeography of the Shallow-Water Cirriped Fauna of the Galápagos Islands ans Adjacent Regions in the Tropical Eastern Pacific In: James, M.J. (ed.): Galápagos Marine Invertebrates. Taxonomy, Biogeography, and Evolution in Darwin's Islands. Plenum Press. New York and London, p. 173-192.

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"Galapagos Species Database, Megabalanus peninsularis", dataZone. Charles Darwin Foundation, https://datazone.darwinfoundation.org/en/checklist/?species=7964. Accessed 30 October 2026.