Galapagos Species Database

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

Conchoderma virgatum Spengler, 1789

balano, Barnacle

Taxonomy

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

Distribution

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

Distribution: Galapagos Islands off Santa Cruz near Islas Plaza

References

  • 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.