Megabalanus coccopoma - Wikipedia
Megabalanus coccopoma, the titan acorn barnacle, is a tropical species of barnacle first described by Charles Darwin in 1854. Its native range is the Pacific coasts of South and Central America but it is extending its range to other parts of the world.
Titan Acorn Barnacle: Texas Invasive Species Institute
This pink barnacle is large, being over 2 inches in width and height. The pink plates of the barnacle are smooth and fused together, and separated by a narrow purple or white radii. The opening (aperture) at the top is small.
Rocky Intertidal Species – LiMPETSLiMPETS
Pink Acorn Barnacle (Tetraclita rubescens) Description. Pink acorn barnacles are large (3-5 cm), ribbed, and reddish-pink in color. They are usually found growing as solitary individuals rather than in groups. Distribution Mendocino County to southern Baja California.
Tetraclita | MARINe - UCSC
2023年3月31日 · Sessile barnacle with a diameter usually to 30 mm, rarely to 50 mm. Exoskeletal wall consists of four plates with no basal plate (all other local acorn barnacles have 6 plates). The shells of adults are pink to reddish and appear thatched, while the shells of (uneroded) juveniles are white (Morris et al. 1980).
Pink Acorn Barnacle (Tetraclita rubescens) - Spanglers' Scuba
Common name: Pink Acorn Barnacle Locations: Eastern Pacific Group: Marine Life → Invertebrates → Barnacles
Titan Acorn Barnacle - iNaturalist
The titan acorn barnacle Megabalanmus coccopoma, is not native to the Atlantic but now occurs along the U.S. Atlantic coast and in the Gulf of Mexico. It is a very large balanid (acorn barnacle family), pink in color and growing to over 5 cm in height and width (Kerckhof 2002, Jaxshells).
New genes helped acorn barnacles adapt to a sessile lifestyle
2024年4月23日 · To explore the origin and function of barnacle-specific genes underlying their unique sessile lifestyle, we adopted the acorn barnacle Amphibalanus amphitrite (Balanidae), which is a...