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Pacific barnacle

Balanus glandula Darwin, 1854

Status not recordedcrustaceans

The Pacific barnacle (Balanus glandula) is a species in the family Balanidae, order Balanomorpha.

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Quick facts about the Pacific 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 Pacific barnacle live?

Not recorded

Where has it been introduced?

The Global Register of Introduced and Invasive Species lists the Pacific barnacle as introduced in 4 countries, and flagged as invasive in 3 of them.

  1. Argentinainvasive
  2. Japaninvasive
  3. South Africainvasive
  4. Belgium

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 Pacific 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 Pacific barnacle classified?

  1. kingdomAnimalia
  2. phylumArthropoda
  3. classThecostraca
  4. orderBalanomorpha
  5. familyBalanidae
  6. genusBalanus
  7. SpeciesBalanus glandula Darwin, 1854
Other names and names in other languages (9)
  • Pacific acorn barnacleEnglish
  • White acorn barnacleEnglish
  • Percebe bellota del PacíficoSpanish
  • Balano del PacificoItalian
  • キタアメリカフジツボJapanese
  • Pacifische zeepokDutch
  • Craca-do-PacíficoPortuguese
  • Pasifik Meşepalamudu BalanıTurkish
  • Diente de perroSpanish

Catalogue of Life

Relatives of the Pacific barnacle

Other species in the same genus Balanus.

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Common questions

Answered only where our data holds the answer.

Is the Pacific barnacle an invasive species?

In some places. The Global Register of Introduced and Invasive Species flags the Pacific barnacle as invasive in 3 countries: Argentina, Japan and South Africa. It lists it as introduced in 4 in all.

What kind of animal is the Pacific barnacle?

The Pacific barnacle (Balanus glandula) 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). Pacific barnacle (Balanus glandula). Retrieved from https://creaturedata.com/animals/pacific-barnacle

MLA

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BibTeX
@misc{pacific_barnacle_2026,
  title = {Pacific barnacle (Balanus glandula)},
  author = {{CreatureData}},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://creaturedata.com/animals/pacific-barnacle},
  note = {Data as of 2026-11-14}
}