Fistulobalanus pallidus

Invasion History

First Non-native Panama (Pacific) Tidal Record: 1972

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Panama Invasion History:

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Invasion history elsewhere in the world:

None

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Description

None

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Taxonomy

Ecology

Food:

Phytoplankton, zooplankton, detritus

Trophic Status:

Suspension Feeder

SusFed

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Habitats

General Habitat	Coarse Woody Debris	None
General Habitat	Oyster Reef	None
General Habitat	Marinas & Docks	None
General Habitat	Rocky	None
General Habitat	Mangroves	None
General Habitat	Canals	None
General Habitat	Vessel Hull	None
Salinity Range	Oligohaline	0.5-5 PSU
Salinity Range	Mesohaline	5-18 PSU
Salinity Range	Polyhaline	18-30 PSU
Tidal Range	Subtidal	None
Tidal Range	Low Intertidal	None
Tidal Range	Mid Intertidal	None
Vertical Habitat	Epibenthic	None

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Tolerances and Life History Parameters

Minimum Salinity (‰)	1	Salinty tolerance of adult barnacles in Lagos harbor, Nigeria, varied throughout the year (Sandison 1966)
Maximum Salinity (‰)	20	Salinty tolerance of adult barnacles, in Lagos harbor, Nigeria, varied throughout the year (Sandison 1966)
Minimum Reproductive Salinity	1	Based on larval settlement, Lagos harbor, Nigeria (Sandison 1966)
Maximum Reproductive Salinity	20	Based on larval settlement, Lagos harbor, Nigeria (Sandison 1966)
Maximum Height (mm)	10	Hanry and McLaughlin 1976
Broad Temperature Range	None	Tropical
Broad Salinity Range	None	Oligohaline-Polyhaline

General Impacts

There are currently no known impacts of Fistulobalanus pallidus in its introduced range.

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References

Bacon, Peter R. (1976) The Cirripedia of Trinidad, Studies of the Fauna of Curacao and other Caribbean Islands 163: 1-55

Darwin, Charles (1854) A Monograph on the Sub-class Cirripedia: With Figures of All the Species: The Balanidæ (or Sessile Cirripedes); the Verrucidæ, Etc, The Ray Society, London. Pp. <missing location>

Henry, Dora P.; McLaughlin, Patsy A. (1975) The barnacles of the Balanus amphitrite complex (Cirripedia, Thoracica)., Zoologische Verhandelingen 141: 1-203

Jones, M. L.; Dawson, C. E. (1973) Salinity-Temperature Profiles in the Panama Canal Locks, Marine Biology 21: 86-90

Koukouras, Anathasios; Matsa, Athanasia (1998) The thoracican cirriped fauna of the Aegean Sea: New information, checklist of the Mediterranean species, faunal comparisons., Senckenbergiana Maritima 28(4/6): 133-142

Sandison, Eyvor E. (1966) The effect of salinity fluctuations on the life cycle of Balanus pallidus stutsburi Darwin in Lagos Harbour, Nigeria, Journal of Animal Ecology 35(2): 363-378

Sandison, Eyvor E. (1967) The naupliar stages of Balanus pallidus stutsburi Darwin and Chthamalus aestuarii Stubbings (Cirripedia Thoracica), Crustaceana 13(2): 161-174

Southward, A. J. (1975) Intertidal and shallow water Cirripedia of the Caribbean., Studies of the Fauna of Curacao and other Caribbean Islands 150: 1-153

Spivey, H. R. (1976) The cirripeds of the Panama Canal, Corrosion and Marine Fouling 1(1): 43-50

Tottrøp, Anders; Chan, Benny K. K; Koskinen, Hannu; Hoeg, Jens T. (2010) 'Flying barnacles': implications for the spread of non-indigenous species, Biofouling 26(5): 577-582

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