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Purple Rock Barnacle
Nesochthamalus intertextus
Classification
- Class
- Maxillopoda
- Order
- Sessilia
- Family
- Chthamalidae
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The barnacle genus Nesochthamalus was erected by Foster & Newman, 1987, to include sole species Chthamalus intertextus originally named by Darwin in 1854. It is widespread on islands in Western Pacific Ocean, including Hawaii, and presents combinations of unusual features which make easily recognizable for field workers. These include dirty white shell exterior with deep purple colored interior, operculars colored purple.
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Distribution
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Countries in the Picchu catalog
United States of America · 70
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