Notobalanus flosculus

Notobalanus flosculus; Temporal range: Miocene–Present PreꞒ Ꞓ O S D C P T J K Pg N
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Clade:	Pancrustacea
Class:	Thecostraca
Subclass:	Cirripedia
Order:	Balanomorpha
Family:	Balanidae
Genus:	Notobalanus
Species:	N. flosculus
Binomial name
	Notobalanus flosculus; (Darwin, 1854)

Notobalanus flosculus is a species of sessile barnacle found off southwestern South America.

Classification

Notobalanus flosculus was first scientifically described as Balanus flosculus by Charles Darwin in 1854.

Distribution

Notobalanus flosculus is found around Chilé and Peru and N. flosculus var. sordidus is known from the Tierra del Fuego archipelago. Fossils of this barnacle dating to the Miocene epoch have been found in the Kerguelen Islands.

Description

Notobalanus flosculus is a small barnacle with a "purple or dirty white" shell that lives in the littoral zone on detritus such as wood, rocks, and shells.

References

1 2 Darwin, Charles (1851). A monograph on the sub-class Cirripedia, with figures of all the species. Vol. 2. London: Ray society. pp. 290–93.
↑ Pilsbry, Henry A. "The sessile barnacles (Cirripedia) contained in the collections of the U.S. National Museum". Bulletin. 93. United States National Museum: 138–48.
↑ "Notobalanus flosculus (Darwin, 1854)". Muséum National d'Histoire Naturelle.
↑ Checa, Antonio G.; Salas, Carmen; Rodríguez-Navarro, Alejandro B.; Grenier, Christian; Lagos, Nelson A. (2019-09-27). "Articulation and growth of skeletal elements in balanid barnacles (Balanidae, Balanomorpha, Cirripedia)". Royal Society Open Science. 6 (9): 11. doi:10.1098/rsos.190458. ISSN 2054-5703. PMC 6774972. PMID 31598290.

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[:6-1] 1 2 Darwin, Charles (1851). A monograph on the sub-class Cirripedia, with figures of all the species. Vol. 2. London: Ray society. pp. 290–93.

[2] Pilsbry, Henry A. "The sessile barnacles (Cirripedia) contained in the collections of the U.S. National Museum". Bulletin. 93. United States National Museum: 138–48.

[3] "Notobalanus flosculus (Darwin, 1854)". Muséum National d'Histoire Naturelle.

[4] Checa, Antonio G.; Salas, Carmen; Rodríguez-Navarro, Alejandro B.; Grenier, Christian; Lagos, Nelson A. (2019-09-27). "Articulation and growth of skeletal elements in balanid barnacles (Balanidae, Balanomorpha, Cirripedia)". Royal Society Open Science. 6 (9): 11. doi:10.1098/rsos.190458. ISSN 2054-5703. PMC 6774972. PMID 31598290.