Notobalanus flosculus
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| Notobalanus flosculus Temporal range:
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| Scientific classification Edit this classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Thecostraca |
| Subclass: | Cirripedia |
| Order: | Balanomorpha |
| Family: | Balanidae |
| Genus: | Notobalanus |
| Species: | N. flosculus
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| Binomial name | |
| Notobalanus flosculus (Darwin, 1854)
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Notobalanus flosculus is a species of sessile barnacle found off southwestern South America.
Classification
[edit | edit source]Notobalanus flosculus was first scientifically described as Balanus flosculus by Charles Darwin in 1854.[1]
Distribution
[edit | edit source]Notobalanus flosculus is found around Chilé and Peru and N. flosculus var. sordidus is known from the Tierra del Fuego archipelago.[2] Fossils of this barnacle dating to the Miocene epoch have been found in the Kerguelen Islands.[3]
Description
[edit | edit source]Notobalanus flosculus is a small barnacle[4] with a "purple or dirty white" shell that lives in the littoral zone on detritus such as wood, rocks, and shells.[1]
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