Conchoderma virgatum Goose Barnacle

Conchoderma virgatum is commonly referred to as Goose Barnacle. Difficulty in the aquarium: Not suitable for aquarium keeping. Toxicity: Toxic hazard unknown.

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lexID:

16985 

AphiaID:

106147 

Scientific:

Conchoderma virgatum 

German:

Gestreifte Entenmuschel 

English:

Goose Barnacle 

Category:

Andre krepsdyr 

Family tree:

Animalia (Kingdom) > Arthropoda (Phylum) > Thecostraca (Class) > Scalpellomorpha (Order) > Lepadidae (Family) > Conchoderma (Genus) > virgatum (Species) 

Initial determination:

Spengler, 1789 

Occurrence:

the North Sea, Azores, Belgium, Circumtropic, European Coasts, France, Greece, Gulf of Maine, Gulf of Mexico, Madagascar, New Zealand, North Atlantic Ocean, North-West-Atlantic, South-Africa, the Canary Islands 

Marine Zone:

Subtidal, sublittoral, infralittoral, deep zone of the oceans from the lower limit of the intertidal zone (intertidal) to the shelf edge at about 200 m water depth. neritic. 

Sea depth:

Meter 

Habitats:

Epibiont (living on other organisms), Seawater, Sea water, Ship Hulls 

Size:

0.79" - 2.76" (2,5cm - 7,0cm) 

Food:

Filter feeder, Zooplankton 

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:

• Conchoderma auritum
• 
  Conchoderma virgatum
  Gestreifte Entenmuschel

 

Author:

Meerwasser-Lexikon Team

Publisher:

Meerwasser-Lexikon.de

Created:

2024-11-24 19:51:00 

Last edit:

2024-11-24 20:04:38 

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