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Red-striped Acorn Barnacle

Paraconcavus pacificus

Classification

Family
Balanidae

Paraconcavus pacificus, the red-striped acorn barnacle, is a species of balanid barnacle known from subtidal sandy habitats of the outer northeastern Pacific coast, from Baja California north to Monterey Bay. It grows to 35 mm in diameter, with pink longitudinal stripes over white plates, and can be distinguished from other large, pink-striped barnacles in its range (e. g.

Distribution

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Countries in the Picchu catalog
United States of America · 304Mexico · 23