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Semibalanus balanoides (Barnacle)

Synonyms: Balanus balanoides; Lepas balanoides (homotypic)

Wikipedia Abstract

Semibalanus balanoides is a common and widespread boreo-arctic species of acorn barnacle. It is common on rocks and other substrates in the intertidal zone of north-western Europe and both coasts of North America.
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Infraspecies

Balanus balanoides balanoides
Semibalanus balanoides balanoides
Semibalanus balanoides calcaratus

Attributes

Water Biome [1]  Reef, Coastal
Diet [1]  Herbivore, Planktivore, Detritivore

Ecosystems

Predators

Consumers

Parasitized by 
Fimbriarioides intermedia[5]
Microphallus arenaria[5]

External References

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Citations

Attributes / relations provided by
♦ 1Myers, P., R. Espinosa, C. S. Parr, T. Jones, G. S. Hammond, and T. A. Dewey. 2006. The Animal Diversity Web (online). Accessed February 01, 2010 at animaldiversity.org
♦ 2Jorrit H. Poelen, James D. Simons and Chris J. Mungall. (2014). Global Biotic Interactions: An open infrastructure to share and analyze species-interaction datasets. Ecological Informatics.
♦ 3DIGESTIVE SYSTEM AND FEEDING HABITS OF THE CUNNER, TAUTOGOLABRUS ADSPERSUS, A STOMACHLESS FISH, LABBISH NING CHAO, FISHERY BULLETIN: VOL. 71. NO.2, 1973 p. 565-586
♦ 4Cirtwill, Alyssa R.; Eklöf, Anna (2018), Data from: Feeding environment and other traits shape species' roles in marine food webs, Dataset, https://doi.org/10.5061/dryad.1mv20r6
♦ 5Gibson, D. I., Bray, R. A., & Harris, E. A. (Compilers) (2005). Host-Parasite Database of the Natural History Museum, London
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Species taxanomy provided by GBIF Secretariat (2022). GBIF Backbone Taxonomy. Checklist dataset https://doi.org/10.15468/39omei accessed via GBIF.org on 2023-06-13; License: CC BY 4.0