Galapagos Species Database
The Galapagos Species Database shares the information about the species from our Natural History Collections.
Tetraclita squamosa
balano, Barnacle
Domain
Eukaryota
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Arthropoda
Class
Thecostraca
Order
Balanomorpha
Suborder
Balanomorpha
Superfamily
Tetraclitoidea
Family
Tetraclitidae
Genus
Tetraclita
Species
squamosa
Taxon category: Accepted
Syn.: Tetraclita milleporosa Pilsbry, 1916, Tetraclita squamosa milleporosa Pilsbry, 1916, Tetraclita squamosa patellaris Darwin, 1854, Tetraclita squamosa perfecta Nilsson-Cantell, 1931, Tetraclita squamosa squamosa (Bruguière, 1789) (Horton et al., 2021)
Origin: Native
Map of specimen collection localities or observation records for this species in our collections database.
- 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, Tetraclita squamosa", dataZone. Charles Darwin Foundation, https://datazone.darwinfoundation.org/en/checklist/?species=9943. Accessed 5 November 2026.