Notobalanus flosculus
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Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Clade: | Pancrustacea |
| Class: | Thecostraca |
| Subclass: | Cirripedia |
| Order: | Balanomorpha |
| Family: | Balanidae |
| Genus: | Notobalanus |
| Species: | N. flosculus
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| Notobalanus flosculus (Darwin, 1854)
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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.[1]
Distribution
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
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]
References
- ^ a b 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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