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has a worldwide distribution and is commonly found on wave-beaten shores, in the lower intertidal zone. They tend to grow in clusters of around 12 individuals. Other species are more select, such as
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329:(?), which grew on a boulderous debris fan (preserved as dark breccia, bottom), and were smothered by deposition of sands (orange upper layer), hence preserved
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P. Doyle; A. E. Mather; M. R. Bennett; A. Bussell (1997). "Miocene barnacle assemblages from southern Spain and their palaeoenvironmental significance".
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responds by rapidly growing to a very large size. Their large size also helps reduce
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While many barnacles deal with competition for space by organisms such as
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294:and the greater North American Pacific Coast.
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345:. Fossils bearing a close resemblance to
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826:Integrated Taxonomic Information System
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266:, a sessile crustacean that secretes a
349:are preserved in large numbers in the
870:Crustacean Issues V. Barnacle Biology
841:Crustacean Issues V. Barnacle Biology
7:
1135:f5fbf392-2bc9-461a-adcd-2ed116541ae7
341:have been found dating back to the
920:10.1111/j.1502-3931.1996.tb01659.x
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1202:Extant Miocene first appearances
947:World Register of Marine Species
124:
847:, Rotterdam. pp. 113–133.
278:Like other barnacles, they are
702:Megabalanus transversostriatus
1:
876:, Rotterdam. pp. 43–62.
692:Megabalanus transsylvanicus
435:Megabalanus clippertonensis
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933:Chan, Benny K.K. (2021).
735:Megabalanus venezuelensis
673:Megabalanus tintinnabulum
574:Megabalanus multiseptatus
121:Scientific classification
119:
110:
101:
23:
712:Megabalanus tulipiformis
598:Megabalanus peninsularis
424:Megabalanus californicus
337:Fossilised specimens of
745:Megabalanus vesiculosus
504:Megabalanus galapaganus
403:Megabalanus antillensis
783:Megabalanus xishaensis
687:(titan acorn barnacle)
534:Megabalanus hungaricus
455:(titan acorn barnacle)
334:
1156:Paleobiology Database
787:(Ren & Liu, 1978)
633:(de Alessandri, 1895)
629:Megabalanus seguenzai
544:Megabalanus javanicus
514:Megabalanus giganteum
494:Megabalanus dorbignii
488:(de Alessandri, 1907)
470:Megabalanus crispatus
445:Megabalanus coccopoma
430:(California barnacle)
324:
290:of tidal habitats in
797:Russell et al., 2003
759:Megabalanus vinaceus
663:Megabalanus tanagrae
639:Megabalanus spinosus
608:Megabalanus plicatus
554:Megabalanus leganyii
484:Megabalanus dolfusii
460:Megabalanus costatus
413:Megabalanus azoricus
773:Megabalanus volcano
722:Megabalanus validus
649:Megabalanus stultus
584:Megabalanus occator
564:Megabalanus linzei
419:(Azorean barnacle)
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317:Geological utility
280:suspension feeders
16:Genus of barnacles
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969:Taxon identifiers
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793:Megabalanus zebra
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524:Megabalanus honti
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327:M. tintinnabulum
284:M. tintinnabulum
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1007:Megabalanus
1001:Wikispecies
977:Megabalanus
939:Hoek, 1913"
937:Megabalanus
820:Megabalanus
474:(Schröter)
439:Zullo, 1969
359:post mortem
339:Megabalanus
325:Fossilised
307:Megabalanus
260:Megabalanus
233:Megabalanus
219:Megabalanus
204:Subfamily:
168:Thecostraca
111:Fossilized
25:Megabalanus
1191:Categories
952:2021-08-23
804:References
292:California
255:Morphology
224:Hoek, 1913
178:Cirripedia
174:Subclass:
158:Arthropoda
1197:Barnacles
367:Zoophycum
311:predation
245:Balanidae
238:barnacles
198:Balanidae
144:Kingdom:
138:Eukaryota
992:Q3282981
986:Wikidata
679:Linnaeus
194:Family:
154:Phylum:
148:Animalia
134:Domain:
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874:Balkema
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378:Species
343:Miocene
331:in situ
303:mussels
299:limpets
274:Ecology
240:in the
214:Genus:
184:Order:
164:Class:
115:shells
1174:106123
1148:198845
1132:NZOR:
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751:Darwin
729:, 1854
727:Darwin
655:Darwin
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478:, 1854
476:Darwin
451:Darwin
395:Darwin
262:is an
242:family
1169:WoRMS
1161:22168
1099:89657
1060:14609
1034:27792
943:WoRMS
372:proxy
355:Spain
1125:6679
1120:NCBI
1094:ITIS
1068:GBIF
1047:5MKG
1029:BOLD
878:ISBN
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