Austromegabalanus
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Austromegabalanus is a genus of giant barnacle
s. It contains both extant and extinct species.
Barnacle
A barnacle is a type of arthropod belonging to infraclass Cirripedia in the subphylum Crustacea, and is hence related to crabs and lobsters. Barnacles are exclusively marine, and tend to live in shallow and tidal waters, typically in erosive settings. They are sessile suspension feeders, and have...
s. It contains both extant and extinct species.
Species
- Austromegabalanus cylindricus (Gmelin, 1780)
- Austromegabalanus isolde (Holthius & Silvertsen, 1967)
- Austromegabalanus nigrescens (Lamarck, 1818)
- †Austromegabalanus piscoensis Carriol et al, 1987
- Austromegabalanus psittacusAustromegabalanus psittacusAustromegabalanus psittacus, or as it is known in Spanish, is a species of giant barnacle native to the coasts of Chile and southern Peru. It inhabits the litoral and intertidal zones of rocky shores and normally grows up to tall with a mineralized shell composed of calcite. The picoroco barnacle...
(Molina, 1788) - †Austromegabalanus victoriensis Buckeridge, 1983
- Austromegabalanus zulloi Newman, 1979