Aurivillialepas falcata
| Aurivillialepas falcata | |
|---|---|
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Clade: | Pancrustacea |
| Class: | Thecostraca |
| Subclass: | Cirripedia |
| Order: | Calanticomorpha |
| Family: | Calanticidae |
| Genus: | Aurivillialepas |
| Species: | A. falcata |
| Binomial name | |
| Aurivillialepas falcata (Aurivillius, 1898) | |
| Synonyms[1] | |
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Scalpellum falcata | |
Aurivillialepas falcata[2] is a species of barnacle in the Calanticidae family.[3] It was described by the Swedish biologist Carl Wilhelm Samuel Aurivillius in 1898.[4]
A. falcata inhabits in the northeastern Atlantic Ocean near Macronesia. Its range extends from the Azores to the Canary Islands. It is found at depths ranging from 170m to 1030m below sea level. It attaches itself to solid objects including gravel and corals.[5]
A. falcata is hemaphroditic. Complemental males (smaller, exclusively male barnacles) are often found between the rostum and subrostum of the larger hermaphroditic individuals.[6]
References
- ↑ "Aurivillialepas falcata". www.gbif.org. Retrieved 2026-07-10.
- ↑ "WoRMS - World Register of Marine Species - Aurivillialepas falcata (Aurivillius, 1898)". www.marinespecies.org. Retrieved 2021-09-11.
- ↑ "Aurivillialepas falcata (Aurivillius 1898) - Encyclopedia of Life". eol.org. Retrieved 2021-09-12.
- ↑ "Aurivillialepas falcata". www.gbif.org. Retrieved 2026-07-10.
- ↑ González, José A.; Shalaeva, Kate; Martín-García, Laura; Lorenzo, José M.; Southward, Alan J. (2017). "First Account on Deep-Sea Stalked Barnacles from the Canary Islands (ne Atlantic), with an Updated Checklist of the Cirripedia, Thoracica and Their Hosts in the Area". Crustaceana. 90 (13): 1575–1597. ISSN 0011-216X.
- ↑ Newman, William A. (1980). "A review of extant Scillaelepas (Cirripedia: Scalpellidae) including recognition of new species from the North Atlantic, Western Indian Ocean and New Zealand" (PDF). Tethys. 9 (4): 379–398.