Tetraclita rubescens

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Tetraclita rubescens wird umgangssprachlich als Rosa Seepocke bezeichnet.

Pink Acorn Barnacle (Tetraclita rubescens), Pillar Point 2017

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Scientific:: Tetraclita rubescens
German:: Rosa Seepocke
English:: Pink Barnacle, Pink Acorn Barnacle, Volcano Barnacle

Category:: Inne skorupiaki
Family tree:: Animalia (Kingdom) > Arthropoda (Phylum) > Hexanauplia (Class) > Sessilia (Order) > Tetraclitidae (Family) > Tetraclita (Genus) > rubescens (Species)
Initial determination:: Nilsson-Cantell, 1931

Occurrence:: Gulf of California, Eastern Pacific Ocean, USA, Pacyfik Centralny
Sea depth:: Meter
Size:: 3 cm - 5 cm
Temperature:: 0°C - 18°C
Food:: Filter feeder
Difficulty:: Not suitable for home aquaria!
Offspring:: None

Red List:: Not evaluated (NE)

Related species at Catalog of Life:

Tetraclita floridana
Tetraclita rubescens
Rosa Seepocke
Tetraclita squamosa
Tetraclita stalactifera

More related species in this lexicon:

Tetraclita serrata
Seepocke

Author:: Meerwasser-Lexikon Team
Publisher:: Meerwasser-Lexikon.de
Created:: 2018-07-02 17:47:51
Last edit:: 2018-07-02 17:55:11

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Tetraclita rubescens Nilsson-Cantell, 1931

Tetraclita rubescens is a sessile barnacle with a diameter usually to 3 cm, rarely to 5 cm.The shells of adults are pink to reddish, juveniles are white.

Similar to Megabalanus californicus.

Synonymised names:
Tetraclita squamosa rubescens Darwin, 1854· accepted, alternate representation (elevated to species status)

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