Balanus is a genus of barnacles in the family Balanidae of the subphylum Crustacea.
Fossil shells of Balanus from Pliocene
This genus is known in the fossil record from the Jurassic to the Quaternary periods (age range: from 189.6 to 0.0 million years ago.). Fossil shells within this genus have been found all over the world.[1]
Balanusbalanus is a species of acorn barnacle in the Balanidae family. It is native to the colder seas of the northern hemisphere. Unlike most crustaceans...
(1854). "Balanus nubilus". A monograph on the sub-class Cirripedia, with figures of all the species. Vol. 2. London: Ray Society. pp. 253–254. "Balanus nubilus...
North Pacific and the North Atlantic. It has a similar distribution to Balanusbalanus, a species with which it is often associated. This barnacle is a hermaphrodite...
region. "Balanus trigonus". NEMESIS. Retrieved 2023-02-20. Rainbow, Philip S. (October 2000). "Dietary uptake of Cd, Cr, and Zn by the barnacle Balanus trigonus:...
Balanus glandula (commonly known as the North American acorn barnacle or common acorn barnacle) is one of the most common barnacle species on the Pacific...
amphitrite. "Balanus amphitrite Darwin, 1854". Encyclopedia of Life. Retrieved June 14, 2011. Andrew N. Cohen (June 7, 2005). "Balanus amphitrite Darwin...
"Balanus improvisus". A monograph on the sub-class Cirripedia, with figures of all the species. Vol. 2. London: Ray Society. pp. 250–253. "Balanus improvisus...
(Balanus improvisus) but that species is smaller, only growing to a height of 6 mm (0.24 in). Another similar species is the striped barnacle (Balanus...
When Carl Linnaeus first described this species in 1758, he named it Balanus tintinnabulum. The lectotype was depicted by Georg Eberhard Rumphius in...
Balanus perforatus is a species of barnacle in the family Balanidae. It is found on the lower shore and in the neritic zone in the warm temperate parts...
called by the common name "acorn barnacle", including: Balanus glandula, common acorn barnacle Balanus nubilus, giant acorn barnacle Chthamalus antennatus...
light, and withdraw into their shells when threatened. Parasites of S. balanus include Pyxinoides balani, a protozoan which lives in the barnacle's midgut...
(2014-02-13). "Quantitative Proteomics Study of Larval Settlement in the Barnacle Balanus amphitrite". PLOS ONE. 9 (2): e88744. Bibcode:2014PLoSO...988744C. doi:10...
stultus was first described by Charles Darwin in 1854, under the name Balanus stultus. It was placed in the subgenus Megabalanus by Ross in 1968, which...
Laurila JM, et al. (August 2010). "Octopamine receptors from the barnacle balanus improvisus are activated by the alpha2-adrenoceptor agonist medetomidine"...
and detritus into the shell for consumption. Filter-feeding apparatus of Balanus, showing thoracic appendages adapted as feathery cirri Goose barnacles...
shells to a smooth surface. This species was formerly a member of the genus Balanus. Charles L. Powell, II (1998). The Purisima Formation and related rocks...
gammarellus, some isopods, such as Ligia oceanica and some barnacles, such as Balanus glandula) Horseshoe crabs are mostly aquatic but spawn in the intertidal...
barnacle of the family Balanidae that includes species formerly assigned to Balanus. It contains the following species: Amphibalanus amphitrite (Darwin, 1854)...
abdomen of hermit crabs; Crinoniscus equitans living inside the barnacle Balanus perforatus; cyproniscids, living inside ostracods and free-living isopods;...
botanist François Alexandre Pierre de Garsault described the species as Balanus myrepsica, but his names are not accepted as valid, as he did not always...
Aquilia (disambiguation) Aquilinus (disambiguation) Aquilla (disambiguation) Balanus aquila, a species of barnacle Dell'Aquila, a surname Macroglossum aquila...
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