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Pink Volcano Barnacle
Tetraclita rubescens
25 photos
Study shows up to four per card, from different observers, so you learn the species rather than one picture. Heart the good ones and swap any you do not like.
Photos you add are credited to you, and you keep the copyright.
Easily confused with
Pacific Acorn BarnacleBalanus glandula
Thatched BarnacleSemibalanus cariosus
California BarnacleMegabalanus californicus
Perforated BarnaclePerforatus perforatus
Red-striped Acorn BarnacleParaconcavus pacificus
Six-plated BarnacleChthamalus antennatus
Menesiniella regalis
Green Volcano BarnacleTetraclita squamosa
Study checks a spoken answer against these, and tells you which one you named.
Where it is recorded
| California | 5,957 |
|---|---|
| United States | 5,069 |
| Mexico | 15 |
| Baja California | 14 |
| Baja California Sur | 1 |
Counts show where people looked, not only where it lives.
Traits
Physical
- ExoskeletonHas a hard external skeletonFrom its classification
Classification
| Kingdom | Animals · Animalia |
|---|---|
| Phylum | Arthropods · Arthropoda |
| Class | Barnacles and Copepods · Hexanauplia |
| Order | Symmetrical Sessile Barnacles · Balanomorpha |
| Family | Tetraclitidae |
| Genus | Tetraclita |
Sources
- Names, taxonomy and observation counts: www.inaturalist.org
- Photos and recordings: the creator and source are on each one.
- How much to rely on each source
Remember the name next time.
Practise Pink Volcano Barnacle with real photos from different observers. Say the name out loud, and it comes back just before you would forget it.