Galapagos Species Database
The Galapagos Species Database shares the information about the species from our Natural History Collections.
Conchoderma virgatum
balano, Barnacle
Domain
Eukaryota
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Arthropoda
Class
Thecostraca
Order
Scalpellomorpha
Suborder
Lepadomorpha
Family
Lepadidae
Genus
Conchoderma
Species
virgatum
Taxon category: Accepted
Syn.: Conchoderma virgata (Spengler, 1790), fide Appeltans et al. (2010)
Origin: Native
Map of specimen collection localities or observation records for this species in our collections database.
Distribution: Galapagos Islands off Santa Cruz near Islas Plaza
- Appeltans, W. Bouchet, P., Boxshall, G.A., Fauchald, K., Gordon, D.P., Hoeksema, B.W., Poore, G.C.B., van Soest, R.W.M., Stöhr, S., Walter, T.C., Costello, M.J. (eds.) (2010) World Register of Marine Species (WoRMS). Available online at http://www.marinespecies.org.
- 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, Conchoderma virgatum", dataZone. Charles Darwin Foundation, https://datazone.darwinfoundation.org/en/checklist/?species=9144. Accessed 21 July 2025.