WoRMS taxon details
Amphibalanus improvisus (Darwin, 1854)
AphiaID: 421139
AphiaID: 421139
| Classification: Biota > Animalia (Kingdom) > Arthropoda (Phylum) > Crustacea (Subphylum) > Maxillopoda (Class) > Thecostraca (Subclass) > Cirripedia (Infraclass) > Thoracica (Superorder) > Sessilia (Order) > Balanomorpha (Suborder) > Balanoidea (Superfamily) > Balanidae (Family) > Amphibalanus (Genus) |
| Status | accepted | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Record status | Checked by Taxonomic Editor | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Rank | Species | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Parent | Amphibalanus Pitombo, 2004 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Synonymised taxa |
Balanus improvisus Darwin, 1854 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Sources |
original description: Darwin, C.R. 1854. A monograph on the sub-Class Cirripedia, with figures of all the species. The Balanidae (or sessile cirripedes); the Verrucidae, etc., etc., etc. 1-684, plates 1-30. The Ray Society, London. [details] basis of record: Gittings, S. R. 2009. Cirripedia (Crustacea) of the Gulf of Mexico, Pp. 827–836 in Felder, D.L. and D.K. Camp (eds.), Gulf of Mexico–Origins, Waters, and Biota. Biodiversity. Texas A&M Press, College Station, Texas. [details] from synonym: Hayward, P.J.; Ryland, J.S. (Ed.) (1990). The marine fauna of the British Isles and North-West Europe: 1. Introduction and protozoans to arthropods. Clarendon Press: Oxford, UK. ISBN 0-19-857356-1. 627 pp. (look up in IMIS) [details] [view taxon] from synonym: ITIS database, available online at http://www.itis.gov [details] [view taxon] from synonym: Southward, A.J. (2001). Cirripedia - non-parasitic Thoracica, in: Costello, M.J. et al. (Ed.) (2001). European register of marine species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. Collection Patrimoines Naturels, 50: pp. 280-283 (look up in IMIS) [details] [view taxon] from synonym: Brunel, P., Bosse, L. & Lamarche, G. (1998). Catalogue of the marine invertebrates of the estuary and Gulf of St. Lawrence. Canadian Special Publication of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences, 126. 405 p. (look up in IMIS) [details] [view taxon] from synonym: Pollock, L.W. (1998). A practical guide to the marine animals of northeastern North America. Rutgers University Press. New Brunswick, New Jersey & London. 367 pp., available online at http://books.google.com/books?id=i1AmT31cuR4C [details] [view taxon] from synonym: Muller, Y. (2004). Faune et flore du littoral du Nord, du Pas-de-Calais et de la Belgique: inventaire. [Coastal fauna and flora of the Nord, Pas-de-Calais and Belgium: inventory]. Commission Régionale de Biologie Région Nord Pas-de-Calais: France. 307 pp. (look up in IMIS) [details] [view taxon] from synonym: Streftaris, N.; Zenetos, A.; Papathanassiou, E. (2005). Globalisation in marine ecosystems: the story of non-indigenous marine species across European seas. Oceanogr. Mar. Biol. Ann. Rev. 43: 419-453 (look up in IMIS) [details] [view taxon] context source (Deepsea): Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission (IOC) of UNESCO. The Ocean Biogeographic Information System (OBIS), available online at http://www.iobis.org/ [details] | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Environment | marine | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Distribution | Arctic Ocean (from synonym) [details] [view taxon] Atlantic Europe (from synonym) [details] [view taxon] Baltic sea (from synonym) [details] [view taxon] Belgian Exclusive Economic Zone (from synonym) [details] [view taxon] Belt Sea (from synonym) [details] [view taxon] Black Sea (from synonym) [details] [view taxon] British Isles (from synonym) [details] [view taxon] Dutch Exclusive Economic Zone (from synonym) [details] [view taxon] East Gulf of Finland (from synonym) [details] [view taxon] Elbe (from synonym) [details] [view taxon] Estonian Exclusive Economic Zone (from synonym) [details] [view taxon] Europe (from synonym) [details] [view taxon] European waters (ERMS scope) (from synonym) [details] [view taxon] German Bight (from synonym) [details] [view taxon] Greek Exclusive Economic Zone (from synonym) [details] [view taxon] Gulf of Mexico [details] Irish Exclusive economic Zone (from synonym) [details] [view taxon] Mediterranean Sea (from synonym) [details] [view taxon] Muuga harbour (Port of Tallinn, Gulf of Finland) (from synonym) [details] [view taxon] North East Baltic Sea (from synonym) [details] [view taxon] North Sea (from synonym) [details] [view taxon] North West Atlantic (from synonym) [details] [view taxon] Oostende (from synonym) [details] [view taxon] Parnu Bay (from synonym) [details] [view taxon] Ukrainian Exclusive Economic Zone (from synonym) [details] [view taxon] United Kingdom Exclusive Economic Zone (from synonym) [details] [view taxon] Wimereux (not certain) (from synonym) [details] [view taxon] | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Links | To Barcode of Life (3 barcodes) To Encyclopedia of Life To GenBank (19 nucleotides; 8 proteins) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Note |
Alien species: The origin of the Bay barnacle Amphibalanus improvisus is unclear, and therefore referred to by many scientists as cryptogenic. It is a typical fouling species that distributes itself by clinging to ship hulls.In Belgium, living Bay Barnacles were first reported in 1895. There were even specimens found in archaeological materials dating back to the 17th century. This barnacle can compete with local species for food and space, but it can also influence the occurrence of algae, as seen in the Baltic Sea. [details] | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| LSID | urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:421139 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Citation: Chan, Benny K.K. (2013). Amphibalanus improvisus (Darwin, 1854). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=421139 on 2013-05-19 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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