Invasion History
First Non-native Panama (Pacific) Tidal Record: 1961Panama 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: | Balanus | |
| Species: | calidus |
Synonyms
Potentially Misidentified Species
Balanus spongicola
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None
Ecology
Food:
Phytoplankton, zooplankton, detritus
Trophic Status:
Suspension Feeder
SusFedHabitats
| General Habitat | Coarse Woody Debris | None |
| General Habitat | Oyster Reef | None |
| General Habitat | Marinas & Docks | None |
| General Habitat | Rocky | None |
| General Habitat | Canals | None |
| General Habitat | Vessel Hull | None |
| Salinity Range | Polyhaline | 18-30 PSU |
| Salinity Range | Euhaline | 30-40 PSU |
| Tidal Range | Subtidal | None |
| Vertical Habitat | Epibenthic | None |
Tolerances and Life History Parameters
| Maximum Width (mm) | 8 | Pilsbry 1916 |
| Maximum Height (mm) | 4.8 | Pilsbry 1916 |
| Broad Temperature Range | None | Subtropical-Tropical |
| Broad Salinity Range | None | Polyhaline-Euhaline |
General Impacts
Regional Distribution Map
Non-native
Native
Cryptogenic
Failed
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Occurrence Map
References
Bacon, Peter R. (1976) The Cirripedia of Trinidad, Studies of the Fauna of Curacao and other Caribbean Islands 163: 1-55Cohen, Andrew N. (2006) Bridging divides: Maritime canals as invasion corridors., Springer, Dordrecht, Netherlands. Pp. 127-206
Gittings, Stephen R.; Dennis, George D.; Harry, Harold W. (1986) <missing title>, Texas A&M Sea Grant, College Station TX. Pp. 1-36
Laguna, Jorge (1985) <missing title>, M.S. Thesis, University of California, San Diego. Pp. <missing location>
Pilsbry, Henry A. (1916) The sessile barnacles contained in the collections of the U.S. National Museum, including a monograph of the American species., United States National Museum Bulletin 93: 1-366
Ross, Arnold, Cerame-Vivas, M. J., McCloskey, L. R. (1964) New barnacle records for the coast of North Carolina, Crustaceana 7(4): 312-313
Spivey, H. R. (1976) The cirripeds of the Panama Canal, Corrosion and Marine Fouling 1(1): 43-50
U.S. National Museum of Natural History 2002-2021 Invertebrate Zoology Collections Database. http://collections.nmnh.si.edu/search/iz/
Young, Paulo S. (1994) Superfamily Balanoidea Leach (Cirripedia, Balanomorpha) from the Brazilian coast., Boletim do Museo Nacional (Zoologia) 356: 1-36
Zullo, Victor A. (1966) Thoracic cirripedia from the continental shelf of South Carolina USA., Crustaceana 11(3): 229-244