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Iiory barnacle

Amphibalanus eburneus (Gould, 1841)

Status not recordedcrustaceans

The iiory barnacle (Amphibalanus eburneus) is a species in the family Balanidae, order Balanomorpha.

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Quick facts about the iiory barnacle

Weight
Not recorded
Length
Not recorded
Lifespan
Not recorded
Main food
Not recorded
Habitat
Not recorded
Young per litter or clutch
Not recorded
Conservation status
Not recorded
Countries on record
Not recorded

Where does the iiory barnacle live?

Not recorded

Where has it been introduced?

The Global Register of Introduced and Invasive Species lists the iiory barnacle as introduced in 13 countries, and flagged as invasive in 4 of them.

  1. Chinainvasive
  2. Iraninvasive
  3. Japaninvasive
  4. Ukraineinvasive
  5. Angola
  6. Croatia
  7. France
  8. Georgia
  9. Italy
  10. Lebanon
  11. Portugal
  12. South Korea
  13. Türkiye

Introduced means brought by people and now present; invasive means the country's checklist records an impact. A species can be native to one part of a country and introduced in another. Source: Global Register of Introduced and Invasive Species (CC BY 4.0).

Is the iiory barnacle endangered?

No conservation assessment is recorded for this species in our sources. That is not the same as being safe: it has not been matched to an assessment.

How is the iiory barnacle classified?

  1. kingdomAnimalia
  2. phylumArthropoda
  3. classThecostraca
  4. orderBalanomorpha
  5. familyBalanidae
  6. genusAmphibalanus
  7. SpeciesAmphibalanus eburneus (Gould, 1841)

Synonyms Balanus amphitrite var. niveus, Balanus eburneus, Balanus eburnus

Other names and names in other languages (9)
  • Ivory barnacleEnglish
  • Elfenbein-SeepockeGerman
  • Balane ivoireFrench
  • Balano d'avorioItalian
  • アメリカフジツボJapanese
  • 닻따개비Korean
  • ivoorpokDutch
  • Морской желудь слоновой костиRussian
  • Balane ivoire (La)French

Catalogue of Life

Relatives of the iiory barnacle

Other species in the same genus Amphibalanus.

Bay barnacle

Amphibalanus improvisus

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Common questions

Answered only where our data holds the answer.

Is the iiory barnacle an invasive species?

In some places. The Global Register of Introduced and Invasive Species flags the iiory barnacle as invasive in 4 countries: China, Iran, Japan and Ukraine. It lists it as introduced in 13 in all.

What kind of animal is the iiory barnacle?

The iiory barnacle (Amphibalanus eburneus) belongs to the family Balanidae in the order Balanomorpha.

Sources and how to cite this page

Data as of 2026-11-14. How this page is put together.

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APA

CreatureData. (2026). Iiory barnacle (Amphibalanus eburneus). Retrieved from https://creaturedata.com/animals/iiory-barnacle

MLA

“Iiory barnacle (Amphibalanus eburneus).” CreatureData, 2026, https://creaturedata.com/animals/iiory-barnacle.

BibTeX
@misc{iiory_barnacle_2026,
  title = {Iiory barnacle (Amphibalanus eburneus)},
  author = {{CreatureData}},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://creaturedata.com/animals/iiory-barnacle},
  note = {Data as of 2026-11-14}
}