Notobalanus flosculus

Notobalanus flosculus is a species of sessile barnacle found off southwestern South America.

Notobalanus flosculus Temporal range: Miocene–Present PreꞒ Ꞓ O S D C P T J K Pg N
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Thecostraca
Subclass:	Cirripedia
Order:	Balanomorpha
Family:	Balanidae
Genus:	Notobalanus
Species:	N. flosculus
Binomial name
Notobalanus flosculus (Darwin, 1854)

Classification

Notobalanus flosculus was first scientifically described as Balanus flosculus by Charles Darwin in 1854.^[1]

Distribution

Notobalanus flosculus is found around Chilé and Peru and N. flosculus var. sordidus is known from the Tierra del Fuego archipelago.^[2] Fossils of this barnacle dating to the Miocene epoch have been found in the Kerguelen Islands.^[3]

Description

Notobalanus flosculus is a small barnacle^[4] with a "purple or dirty white" shell that lives in the littoral zone on detritus such as wood, rocks, and shells.^[1]