Paraconcavus pacificus
| Red-striped acorn barnacle | |
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| Paraconcavus pacificus, red-striped acorn barnacle, California | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Thecostraca |
| Subclass: | Cirripedia |
| Order: | Balanomorpha |
| Family: | Balanidae |
| Genus: | Paraconcavus |
| Species: | P. pacificus |
| Binomial name | |
| Paraconcavus pacificus (Pilsbry, 1916)[1]: 483 | |
Paraconcavus pacificus, the red-striped acorn barnacle,[2] is a species of balanid barnacle known from subtidal sandy habitats of the outer northeastern Pacific coast, from Baja California north to Monterey Bay.[3] It grows to 35 mm in diameter, with pink longitudinal stripes over white plates, and can be distinguished from other large, pink-striped barnacles in its range (e.g. Amphibalanus amphitrite) by the longitudinal striations across the growth rings of its plates.[3] While it will attach to many different kinds of hard substrate, it shows a preference for attaching to the shells of other organisms, particularly sand dollars.[3]
References
- ^ Newman, William A. (2007). "Cirripedia". In Carlton, James T. (ed.). The Light and Smith Manual: Intertidal Invertebrates from Central California to Oregon (4th ed.). Berkeley: University of California Press. pp. 475–484. ISBN 978-0-520-23939-5.
- ^ Sept, J. Duane (2002). The Beachcomber's Guide to Seashore Life of California (1st ed.). Madeira Park, BC, Canada: Harbour Publishing. p. 164. ISBN 1-550172514.
- ^ a b c Morris, Robert H.; Abbott, Donald P.; Haderlie, Eugene C. (1980). Intertidal Invertebrates of California (1st ed.). Stanford, California: Stanford University Press. ISBN 0-80471045-7. OCLC 7043400.