Invasion History

First Non-native Panama (Pacific) Tidal Record: 1961

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:   Balanus
Species:   calidus

Synonyms

Potentially Misidentified Species

Balanus spongicola
None

Ecology

Food:

Phytoplankton, zooplankton, detritus

Trophic Status:

Suspension Feeder

SusFed

Habitats

General HabitatCoarse Woody DebrisNone
General HabitatOyster ReefNone
General HabitatMarinas & DocksNone
General HabitatRockyNone
General HabitatCanalsNone
General HabitatVessel HullNone
Salinity RangePolyhaline18-30 PSU
Salinity RangeEuhaline30-40 PSU
Tidal RangeSubtidalNone
Vertical HabitatEpibenthicNone

Tolerances and Life History Parameters

Maximum Width (mm)8Pilsbry 1916
Maximum Height (mm)4.8Pilsbry 1916
Broad Temperature RangeNoneSubtropical-Tropical
Broad Salinity RangeNonePolyhaline-Euhaline

General Impacts

Regional Distribution Map

Bioregion Region Name Year Invasion Status Population Status
PAN_PAC Panama Pacific Coast 1961 Non-native Established
PAN_CAR Panama Caribbean Coast Native Established

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

Cohen, 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