Thecostraca |
Sessilia |
Archaeobalanidae
Environment: milieu / climate zone / depth range / distribution range
Ecology
Sessile; brackish. Temperate
Northeast Atlantic.
Length at first maturity / Size / Weight / Age
Maturity: Lm ? range ? - ? cm
This barnacle is not found on rocks or stones, but settles on biological substrata, including algae, cnidarians, bivalves, gastropods and crustaceans. It also settles on plastic bags and nets, plastic-coated objects such as crab and lobster pots and octopus pots made of ceramic or plastic (Ref. 3745).
Life cycle and mating behavior
Maturity | Reproduction | Spawning | Eggs | Fecundity | Larvae
Members of the superorder Thoracica are mostly hermaphroditic. Broadcast spawners, fertilization occurs in the mantle cavity. Life cycle: Eggs hatch into planktonic nauplii and leave the mantle cavity. Afterwards, they undergo six naupliar instars succeded by nonfeeding cypris larva (settling stage) which later metamorphose into adults.
Southward, A.J., K. Hiscock, F. Kerckhof, J. Moyse and A.S. Elfinov 2004 Habitat and distribution of the warm-water barncle Solidobalanus fallax (Crustacea: Cirripedia). Journal of the Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom 84:1169-1177. (Ref. 3745)
IUCN Red List Status
(Ref. 130435: Version 2025-1)
CITES status (Ref. 108899)
Not Evaluated
Not Evaluated
Threat to humans
Harmless
Human uses
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Human RelatedStamps, coins, misc.
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