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WoRMS name detailsBalanus amphitrite Darwin, 1854
106211 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:106211)
unaccepted
Species
marine, brackish,
Darwin, C. (1854). A Monograph on the Sub-Class Cirripedia with Figures of All the Species. The Balanidae, (or Sessile Cirripedia); the Verricidae, etc., etc., etc. <em>The Ray Society, London.</em> i-viii + 1-684, pls. 1-30., available online at https://ia600409.us.archive.org/30/items/monographonsubcl02darw/monographonsubcl02darw.pdf
page(s): 240 [details] 
Distribution This tropical species occurs in Europe nearby power stations due to an increase in water temperature caused by the...
Distribution This tropical species occurs in Europe nearby power stations due to an increase in water temperature caused by the discharge of cooling-water. [details] Distribution Virginian south side of Cape Cod to Cape Hatteras
Distribution Virginian south side of Cape Cod to Cape Hatteras [details] Distribution This species is a cosmopolitan tropical and subtropical species.
Distribution This species is a cosmopolitan tropical and subtropical species. [details]
WoRMS (2025). Balanus amphitrite Darwin, 1854. Accessed at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=106211 on 2025-07-09
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Nomenclatureoriginal description
Darwin, C. (1854). A Monograph on the Sub-Class Cirripedia with Figures of All the Species. The Balanidae, (or Sessile Cirripedia); the Verricidae, etc., etc., etc. <em>The Ray Society, London.</em> i-viii + 1-684, pls. 1-30., available online at https://ia600409.us.archive.org/30/items/monographonsubcl02darw/monographonsubcl02darw.pdf page(s): 240 [details] basis of record Southward, A.J. (2001). Cirripedia - non-parasitic Thoracica, <B><I>in</I></B>: Costello, M.J. <i>et al.</i> (Ed.) (2001). <i>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,</i> 50: pp. 280-283 (look up in IMIS) [details] Othercontext source (Introduced species)
Molnar, J.L., R.L. Gamboa, C. Revenga & M.D. Spalding. (2008). Assessing the global threat of invasive species to marine biodiversity. <em>Frontiers in Ecology and the Environment.</em> 6(9): 485-492., available online at https://www.conservationgateway.org/ConservationPractices/Marine/Pages/marineinvasives.aspx [details] Available for editors
 [request]context source (Deepsea) Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission (IOC) of UNESCO. The Ocean Biogeographic Information System (OBIS), available online at http://www.iobis.org/ [details] context source (Schelde) (2010). Bedreiging voor biodiversiteit. Indicatoren voor het Schelde-estuarium. <em>Opgemaakt in opdracht van Afdeling Maritieme Toegang, projectgroep EcoWaMorSe, Vlaams Nederlandse Scheldecommissie. VLIZ Information Sheets, 200. Vlaams Instituut voor de Zee (VLIZ): Oostende.</em> 7 pp. (look up in IMIS) [details] context source (Bermuda) Sterrer, W. (1986). Marine fauna and flora of Bermuda: a systematic guide to the identification of marine organisms. <em>Wiley-Interscience Publication. Wiley.</em> 742 pp (Nemertini part). [details] Available for editors [request]additional source 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] additional source 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]. <em>Commission Régionale de Biologie Région Nord Pas-de-Calais: France.</em> 307 pp., available online at http://www.vliz.be/imisdocs/publications/145561.pdf [details] additional source Webber, W.R., G.D. Fenwick, J.M. Bradford-Grieve, S.G. Eagar, J.S. Buckeridge, G.C.B. Poore, E.W. Dawson, L. Watling, J.B. Jones, J.B.J. Wells, N.L. Bruce, S.T. Ahyong, K. Larsen, M.A. Chapman, J. Olesen, J.S. Ho, J.D. Green, R.J. Shiel, C.E.F. Rocha, A. Lörz, G.J. Bird & W.A. Charleston. (2010). Phylum Arthropoda Subphylum Crustacea: shrimps, crabs, lobsters, barnacles, slaters, and kin. <em>in: Gordon, D.P. (Ed.) (2010). New Zealand inventory of biodiversity: 2. Kingdom Animalia: Chaetognatha, Ecdysozoa, Ichnofossils.</em> pp. 98-232 (COPEPODS 21 pp.). [details] Available for editors [request]additional source Pitombo, F.B. (2004). Phylogenetic analysis of the Balanidae (Cirripedia, Balanomorpha). Zoologica Scripta 33 (3): 261–276., available online at https://doi.org/10.1111/j.0300-3256.2004.00145.x [details] Available for editors [request]additional source Henry, D.P.; McLaughlin, P.A. (1975). The barnacles of the Balanus amphitrite complex (Cirripedia, Thoracica). <em>Zoologische Verhandelingen.</em> 141:1-254. 22 plates., available online at http://www.repository.naturalis.nl/document/149132 [details] Available for editors [request]additional source Hayward, P.J. & J.S. Ryland (Eds.). (1990). The marine fauna of the British Isles and North-West Europe: 1. Introduction and protozoans to arthropods. <em>Clarendon Press: Oxford, UK.</em> 627 pp. (look up in IMIS) [details] Available for editors [request]additional source Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS). , available online at http://www.itis.gov [details]  Present Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
From regional or thematic species database
Introduced species impact in Hawaiian part of the North Pacific Ocean (Marine Region) : Water abstraction or nuisance fouling [details]Introduced species vector dispersal United Kingdom part of the Celtic Sea (Marine Region) Ships: general [details] Introduced species vector dispersal Uruguayan part of the South Atlantic Ocean (Marine Region) Ships: accidental as attached or free-living fouling organisms [details] Introduced species vector dispersal Argentinean part of the South Atlantic Ocean (Marine Region) Ships: accidental as attached or free-living fouling organisms [details] Unreviewed
Distribution This tropical species occurs in Europe nearby power stations due to an increase in water temperature caused by the discharge of cooling-water. [details]Distribution Virginian south side of Cape Cod to Cape Hatteras [details] Distribution This species is a cosmopolitan tropical and subtropical species. [details] Ecology Competes with B. improvisus [details]
Guide to the exotic species of San Francisco bay - Balanus amphitrite
To Barcode of Life (6 barcodes) To Biodiversity Heritage Library (119 publications) To Biological Information System for Marine Life (BISMaL) To GenBank (77129 nucleotides; 88283 proteins) To Information system on Aquatic Non-Indigenous and Cryptogenic Species (AquaNIS) To MNHN Fossil collection (Balanus amphitrite DARWIN, 1854; Figuré; F.R03681) To PESI To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Arthropoda Collection (8 records) To ITIS |
