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Rock-barnacles
Balanus
Balanus is a genus of barnacles in the family Balanidae of the subphylum Crustacea.
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.
15 branches of this genus, most-observed first
Pacific Acorn Barnacle
speciesBalanus glandula
Giant Acorn Barnacle
speciesBalanus nubilus
Wrinkled Barnacle
speciesBalanus crenatus
Triangle Barnacle
speciesBalanus trigonus
Balanus laevis
speciesBalanus laevis
rough barnacle
speciesBalanus balanus
Rostrate Barnacle
speciesBalanus rostratus
Balanus spongicola
speciesBalanus spongicola
Balanus concavus
speciesBalanus concavus
Balanus calidus
speciesBalanus calidus
Balanus pulchellus
speciesBalanus pulchellus
Balanus poecilus
speciesBalanus poecilus
Balanus flos
speciesBalanus flos
Balanus parkeri
speciesBalanus parkeri
Balanus cantelli
speciesBalanus cantelli
Where it lives
Recorded sightings
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geo-referenced records in GBIF, from museums, herbaria and field observers.
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In the old herbals & bestiaries
A voyage to the islands Madera Barbados Jamaica Vol. 1
Hans Sloane · 1707 · p.583
Garden of Health
1507 · p.56
History of Rare Plants of Pannonia
Carolus Clusius · 1576 · p.100
History of Rare Plants Observed in Pannonia
Carolus Clusius · 1583 · p.97
History of Rare Plants
Carolus Clusius · 1601 · p.59
Rariorum Plantarum Historia (with Fungorum Historia)
Carolus Clusius · 1601 · p.65
Herbarium Portatile, Oder Behendes Kräuter- und Gewächs-Buch: Darinn nicht allein 1363. so wol Einheimische als Außländndische Kräuter mit Lateinisch und Deutscher Benennung abgebildet, sondern auch die meisten, so in der Medicin gebräuchlich, kürtzlich erkläret werden
Panckow, Thomas · 1656 · p.377
In the stacks
Searching the stacks…
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This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 49129.