Summary ²

Megabalanus coccopoma, the titan acorn barnacle, is a tropical species of barnacle first described by Charles Darwin in 1854. Its native range is the Pacific coasts of South and Central America but it is extending its range to other parts of the world.

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1. (c) Giovanni Marques de Castro, some rights reserved (CC BY-SA), https://www.flickr.com/photos/118037005@N06/29051473843/
2. (c) Wikipedia, some rights reserved (CC BY-SA), https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Megabalanus_coccopoma

More Info

• iNat taxon page
• Animal Diversity Web
• Atlas of Living Australia
• Beach Barnacles of New Zealand
• Beach Barnacles Of New Zealand
• Biodiversity Heritage Library
• BOLD Systems BIN search
• BugGuide
• Global Biodiversity Information Facility (GBIF)
• NatureServe Explorer 2.0
• SeaLifeBase
• World Register of Marine Species
• 日本のレッドデータ検索システム

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