Higher Classification: > Kingdom Animalia > Subkingdom Eumetazoa > Phylum Arthropoda > Subphylum Crustacea > Superclass Multicrustacea > Class Thecostraca > Subclass Cirripedia > Infraclass Thoracica > Superorder Thoracicalcarea > Order Balanomorpha > Superfamily Balanoidea > Family Balanidae > Subfamily Balaninae > Genus Balanus

Balanus balanus (Linnaeus, 1758)

Rank: Species
Taxon Status: accepted

Relationships towards this taxon

Genus group names

BalanusCosta, 1778accepted genus name

Species group names

Balanus porcatus synonym

Vernaculars (+) (-)

 Danish: stor rur sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points
 Dutch: grote zeepok
 English: rough barnacle sources: Cole, T. C. H. (2017). Wörterbuch der Wirbellosen / Dictionary of Invertebrates. Latein-Deutsch-English. 2017. Springer Spektrum: Berlin. ISBN 978-3-662-52869-3. XII, 574 pp.
 French: balane côtelée du nord sources: Chabot, R. & Rossignol, A. 2003. Algues et faune du littoral du Saint-Laurent maritime: Guide d'identification. Institut des sciences de la mer de Rimouski, Rimouski; Pêches et Océans Canada (Institut Maurice-Lamontagne), Mont-Joli. 113 pages.
 German: große Seepocke sources: Unterwasser-Welt Ostsee
 Norwegian Bokmål: steinrur sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points
 Norwegian Nynorsk: steinrur

Literature

basis of record

Southward, A.J. (2001). Cirripedia - non-parasitic Thoracica, in: Costello, M.J. et al. (Ed.) (2001). European register of marine species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. Collection Patrimoines Naturels, 50: pp. 280-283

additional source

Trott, T. J. (2004). Cobscook Bay inventory: a historical checklist of marine invertebrates spanning 162 years. Northeastern Naturalist. 11, 261-324.

additional source

Hayward, P.J. & J.S. Ryland (Eds.). (1990). The marine fauna of the British Isles and North-West Europe: 1. Introduction and protozoans to arthropods. Clarendon Press: Oxford, UK. 627 pp.

additional source

Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS).

additional source

Brunel, P., L. Bosse & G. Lamarche. (1998). Catalogue of the marine invertebrates of the estuary and Gulf of St. Lawrence. Canadian Special Publication of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences, 126. 405 pp.

additional source

Muller, Y. (2004). Faune et flore du littoral du Nord, du Pas-de-Calais et de la Belgique: inventaire. [Coastal fauna and flora of the Nord, Pas-de-Calais and Belgium: inventory]. Commission Régionale de Biologie Région Nord Pas-de-Calais: France. 307 pp.

additional source

Pollock, L.W. (1998). A practical guide to the marine animals of northeastern North America. Rutgers University Press. New Brunswick, New Jersey & London. 367 pp.

Genbank

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External Links

Marine Life Information Network - UK

Citation

WoRMS (2025). Balanus balanus (Linnaeus, 1758). Accessed at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=106213

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Occurrence

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2004-12-21 by Alan Southward

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