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Codes for Australian Aquatic Biota (CAAB) Taxon Report
Animalia (kingdom) » Arthropoda (phylum) » Maxillopoda (class) » Sessilia (order) » Balanidae (family)
CAAB Code: | 27 560012 |
Scientific Name and Authority: | Megabalanus coccopoma (Darwin, 1854) |
Rank: | Species |
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Taxon Notes: | This species is native to Pacific coast of Central and South America, but has been spread to many other areas as hull fouling on shipping. It has been recorded from port areas around most of the Australian mainland, mostly from ships' hulls. | ||||
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Record source: | Poore, G.C.B., Syme, A., 2009, Barnacles.. Museum Victoria, Melbourne 70pp. |
Scientific Name verified against: | Jones, D.S., 2012. Australian barnacles (Cirripedia: Thoracica), distributions and biogeographical affinities., Integrative and Comparative Biology, Vol. 52(3): 366-387. |