Thecostraca |
Sessilia |
Archaeobalanidae
Environment: milieu / climate zone / depth range / distribution range
Ecology
Sessile. Subtropical
Western Central Atlantic: USA.
Length at first maturity / Size / Weight / Age
Maturity: Lm ?  range ? - ? cm
Epibiotic (Ref. 111011).
Life cycle and mating behavior
Maturity | Reproduction | Spawning | Eggs | Fecundity | Larvae
Members of the superorder Thoracica are mostly hermaphroditic. Broadcast spawners, fertilization occurs in the mantle cavity. Life cycle: Eggs hatch into planktonic nauplii and leave the mantle cavity. Afterwards, they undergo six naupliar instars succeded by nonfeeding cypris larva (settling stage) which later metamorphose into adults.
Zullo, V.A. and J.D. Standing 1983 Sponge-inhabiting barnacles (Cirripedia: Archaeobalanidae) of the Carolinian Province, southeastern United States, with the description of a new species of Membranobalanus Pilsbry. Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington 96(3):468-477. (Ref. 8375)
IUCN Red List Status
(Ref. 130435: Version 2025-1)
CITES status (Ref. 108899)
Not Evaluated
Not Evaluated
Threat to humans
Human uses
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Human RelatedStamps, coins, misc.
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Unknown.