Megabalanus tintinnabulum Acorn Barnacle

Megabalanus tintinnabulum is commonly referred to as Acorn Barnacle. Difficulty in the aquarium: Not suitable for aquarium keeping. Toxicity: Toxic hazard unknown.

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lexID:

5590 

AphiaID:

106225 

Scientific:

Megabalanus tintinnabulum 

German:

Handglocken Entenmuschel 

English:

Acorn Barnacle 

Category:

 

Family tree:

Animalia (Kingdom) > Arthropoda (Phylum) > Hexanauplia (Class) > Sessilia (Order) > Balanidae (Family) > Megabalanus (Genus) > tintinnabulum (Species) 

Initial determination:

(Linnaeus, ), 1758 

Occurrence:

Zirkumsubtropisch, Australia, Circumtropic, India, Indonesia 

Marine Zone:

Intertidal (Eulittoral), intertidal zone between the high and low tide lines characterized by the alternation of low and high tide down to 15 meters 

Sea depth:

1 - 40 Meter 

Habitats:

Coastal waters, Port facilities, Rocky reefs, Rocky, hard seabeds, Seawater, Sea water, Ship Hulls 

Size:

up to 1.97" (5 cm) 

Temperature:

50 °F - 82.4 °F (10°C - 28°C) 

Food:

Filter feeder, Plankton 

Difficulty:

Not suitable for aquarium keeping 

Offspring:

None 

Toxicity:

Toxic hazard unknown 

CITES:

Not evaluated 

Red List:

Not evaluated (NE) 

Related species at
Catalog of Life:

• 
  Megabalanus californicus
  Seepocke
• Megabalanus coccopoma
• Megabalanus stultus
• Megabalanus tanagrae
• 
  Megabalanus tintinnabulum
  Handglocken Entenmuschel

 

Author:

Meerwasser-Lexikon Team

Publisher:

Meerwasser-Lexikon.de

Created:

2013-06-04 18:42:05 

Last edit:

2026-09-28 19:45:59 

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