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Tooth Barnacle

Chthamalus dentatus

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Where it is recorded

Records by month in South Africa.January 19, February 12, March 18, April 63, May 29, June 10, July 6, August 15, September 11, October 23, November 13, December 20.
South Africa239
Western Cape122
KwaZulu-Natal80
Eastern Cape37
Angola8
Luanda2
Namibe2
Luanda2
Namibe2
Mozambique1

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Traits

Physical

  • ExoskeletonHas a hard external skeletonFrom its classification

Classification

KingdomAnimals · Animalia
PhylumArthropods · Arthropoda
ClassBarnacles and Copepods · Hexanauplia
OrderSymmetrical Sessile Barnacles · Balanomorpha
FamilyChthamalid Barnacles · Chthamalidae
GenusChthamalus

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