Austromegabalanus psittacus   (Molina, 1788)

Giant barnacle

Native range | All suitable habitat | Point map | Year 2050
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Austromegabalanus psittacus  AquaMaps  Data sources: GBIF OBIS
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Classification / Names Common names | Synonyms | CoL | ITIS | WoRMS

| Balanomorpha | Balanidae

Environment: milieu / climate zone / depth range / distribution range Ecologia

; distribuzione batimetrica 0 - 35 m (Ref. 87801).  Temperate; 3°S - 56°S, 82°W - 55°W

Distribuzione Stati | Aree FAO | Ecosystems | Presenze | Introduzioni

Southeast Pacific and Southwest Atlantic: Chile, Peru and Argentina. Northern limit is 39°S. Subtropical to temperate.

Length at first maturity / Size / Peso / Age

Maturity: Lm ?  range ? - ? cm Max length : 30.0 cm SHH maschio/sesso non determinato; (Ref. 105575)

Biologia     Glossario (es. epibenthic)

It is found on hard substrates and shells from the intertidal to a depth of 35 m (Ref. 87801). Sessile and gregarious (Ref. 105577). Omnivorous filter-feeder (Refs. 105577, 106106).

Life cycle and mating behavior Maturità | Riproduzione | Deposizione | Uova | Fecundity | Larve

Members of the superorder Thoracica are mostly hermaphroditic. Broadcast spawners, fertilization occurs in the mantle cavity. Life cycle: Eggs hatch into planktonic nauplii and leave the mantle cavity. Afterwards, they undergo six naupliar instars succeded by nonfeeding cypris larva (settling stage) which later metamorphose into adults.

Main reference Bibliografia | Coordinatore | Collaboratori

Pitombo, F.B. 2003. (Ref. 3703)

IUCN Red List Status (Ref. 130435)

  Not Evaluated 

CITES status (Ref. 108899)

Not Evaluated

CMS (Ref. 116361)

Not Evaluated

Threat to humans

  Harmless

Human uses

Pesca: commerciale
FAO - pesca: landings | FishSource |

Strumenti

E-book | Giuda pratica

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Fonti Internet

BHL | BOLD Systems | CISTI | DiscoverLife | FAO(pesca: ; publication : search) | Fishipedia | GenBank (genome, nucleotide) | GloBI | Gomexsi | Google Books | Google Scholar | Google | PubMed | Tree of Life | Wikipedia (Go, ricerca) | Zoological Record

Estimates based on models

Preferred temperature (Ref. 115969): 12.8 - 20.5, mean 15.3 (based on 230 cells).