Red-striped Acorn Barnacle
Paraconcavus pacificus
Summary 2
Paraconcavus pacificus, the red-striped acorn barnacle, is a species of balanid barnacle known from subtidal sandy habitats of the outer northeastern Pacific coast, from Baja California north to Monterey Bay. It grows to 35 mm in diameter, with pink longitudinal stripes over white plates, and can be distinguished from other large, pink-striped barnacles in its range (e.g. Amphibalanus amphitrite) by the longitudinal striations across the growth rings of its plates. Whi
Substrate 3
Most commonly found attached to the Eccentric Sand Dollar, Dendraster excentricus.
However it can also be found on crabs and various mollusk shells.
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