Invasion History

First Non-native Panama (Pacific) Tidal Record: 1972

Panama Invasion History:


Invasion history elsewhere in the world:

None


Description

None


Taxonomy

Taxonomic Tree

Kingdom:   Animalia
Phylum:   Arthropoda
Subphylum:   Crustacea
Class:   Maxillopoda
Subclass:   Thecostraca
Infraclass:   Cirripedia
Superorder:   Thoracica
Order:   Sessilia
Suborder:   Balanomorpha
Superfamily:   Balanoidea
Family:   Balanidae
Genus:   Fistulobalanus
Species:   pallidus

Synonyms

Balanus amphitirite var. pallidus (Darwin, 1854)
Balanus amphitirite var. stutsburi (Darwin, 1854)
Balanus dybowskii (Gruvel, 1903)
Balanus pallidus (Stiubbings, 1964)
Balanus pallidus stutsburi (Harding, 1962)

Potentially Misidentified Species

Amphibalanus eburneus
None

Amphibalanus improvisus
Henry and McLaughlin 1975

Amphibalanus subalbidus
Henry and McLaughlin 1975

Amphibalanus venustus
Henry and McLaughlin 1975

Amphibalnus amphitrite
None

Fistulobalanus citerosum
Records of F. balanus from Brazil are actually F. citerosum (Young 1994).

Ecology

Food:

Phytoplankton, zooplankton, detritus

Trophic Status:

Suspension Feeder

SusFed

Habitats

General HabitatCoarse Woody DebrisNone
General HabitatOyster ReefNone
General HabitatMarinas & DocksNone
General HabitatRockyNone
General HabitatMangrovesNone
General HabitatCanalsNone
General HabitatVessel HullNone
Salinity RangeOligohaline0.5-5 PSU
Salinity RangeMesohaline5-18 PSU
Salinity RangePolyhaline18-30 PSU
Tidal RangeSubtidalNone
Tidal RangeLow IntertidalNone
Tidal RangeMid IntertidalNone
Vertical HabitatEpibenthicNone


Tolerances and Life History Parameters

Minimum Salinity (‰)1Salinty tolerance of adult barnacles in Lagos harbor, Nigeria, varied throughout the year (Sandison 1966)
Maximum Salinity (‰)20Salinty tolerance of adult barnacles, in Lagos harbor, Nigeria, varied throughout the year (Sandison 1966)
Minimum Reproductive Salinity1Based on larval settlement, Lagos harbor, Nigeria (Sandison 1966)
Maximum Reproductive Salinity20Based on larval settlement, Lagos harbor, Nigeria (Sandison 1966)
Maximum Height (mm)10Hanry and McLaughlin 1976
Broad Temperature RangeNoneTropical
Broad Salinity RangeNoneOligohaline-Polyhaline

General Impacts

There are currently no known impacts of Fistulobalanus pallidus in its introduced range.

Regional Distribution Map

Bioregion Region Name Year Invasion Status Population Status
PAN_PAC Panama Pacific Coast 1972 Def Unk

Occurrence Map

OCC_ID Author Year Date Locality Status Latitude Longitude

References

Bacon, Peter R. (1976) The Cirripedia of Trinidad, Studies of the Fauna of Curacao and other Caribbean Islands 163: 1-55

Darwin, Charles (1854) A Monograph on the Sub-class Cirripedia: With Figures of All the Species: The Balanidæ (or Sessile Cirripedes); the Verrucidæ, Etc, The Ray Society, London. Pp. <missing location>

Henry, Dora P.; McLaughlin, Patsy A. (1975) The barnacles of the Balanus amphitrite complex (Cirripedia, Thoracica)., Zoologische Verhandelingen 141: 1-203

Jones, M. L.; Dawson, C. E. (1973) Salinity-Temperature Profiles in the Panama Canal Locks, Marine Biology 21: 86-90

Koukouras, Anathasios; Matsa, Athanasia (1998) The thoracican cirriped fauna of the Aegean Sea: New information, checklist of the Mediterranean species, faunal comparisons., Senckenbergiana Maritima 28(4/6): 133-142

Sandison, Eyvor E. (1966) The effect of salinity fluctuations on the life cycle of Balanus pallidus stutsburi Darwin in Lagos Harbour, Nigeria, Journal of Animal Ecology 35(2): 363-378

Sandison, Eyvor E. (1967) The naupliar stages of Balanus pallidus stutsburi Darwin and Chthamalus aestuarii Stubbings (Cirripedia Thoracica), Crustaceana 13(2): 161-174

Southward, A. J. (1975) Intertidal and shallow water Cirripedia of the Caribbean., Studies of the Fauna of Curacao and other Caribbean Islands 150: 1-153

Spivey, H. R. (1976) The cirripeds of the Panama Canal, Corrosion and Marine Fouling 1(1): 43-50

Tottrøp, Anders; Chan, Benny K. K; Koskinen, Hannu; Hoeg, Jens T. (2010) 'Flying barnacles': implications for the spread of non-indigenous species, Biofouling 26(5): 577-582