Notochthamalus
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Notochthamalus scabrosus, the only species in the genus Notochthamalus,[1][3] is a species of barnacle found along the south-western and south-eastern coasts of South America, from Peru to the Falkland Islands.[4] The species is found almost exclusively higher in the intertidal zone than the mussel Perumytilus, often codistributed with the confamilial barnacle Jehlius cirratus and Balanus flosculus.[2]: 468 [5]
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Thecostraca |
Subclass: | Cirripedia |
Order: | Balanomorpha |
Family: | Chthamalidae |
Genus: | Notochthamalus Foster & Newman, 1987[1]: 326 |
Species: | N. scabrosus |
Binomial name | |
Notochthamalus scabrosus | |
Synonyms | |
Chthamalus scabrosus Darwin, 1854 |
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