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Striped barnacle

Amphibalanus amphitrite (Darwin, 1854)

Status not recordedcrustaceans

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

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Quick facts about the striped barnacle

Weight
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Length
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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 striped barnacle live?

Not recorded

Where has it been introduced?

The Global Register of Introduced and Invasive Species lists the striped barnacle as introduced in 20 countries, and flagged as invasive in 2 of them.

  1. Japaninvasive
  2. Ukraineinvasive
  3. Argentina
  4. Belgium
  5. Brazil
  6. China
  7. France
  8. Ireland
  9. Jamaica
  10. Mexico
  11. New Zealand
  12. Peru
  13. Portugal
  14. Romania
  15. South Korea
  16. Trinidad & Tobago
  17. United Kingdom
  18. United States
  19. Vanuatu
  20. Venezuela

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 striped 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 striped barnacle classified?

  1. kingdomAnimalia
  2. phylumArthropoda
  3. classThecostraca
  4. orderBalanomorpha
  5. familyBalanidae
  6. genusAmphibalanus
  7. SpeciesAmphibalanus amphitrite (Darwin, 1854)

Synonyms Amphibalanus ampphitrite, Balanus amphitrite, Balanus amphitrite amphitrite, Balanus amphitrite communis, Balanus amphitrite denticulate, Balanus amphitrite f. hawaiiensis, Balanus amphitrite franciscanus, Balanus amphitrite hawaiiensis, Balanus amphitrite herzi, Balanus amphitrite saltonensis, Balanus amphitrite var. aeratus, Balanus amphitrite var. columnarius, Balanus amphitrite var. fluminensis, Balanus amphitrite var. hawaiiensis

Other names and names in other languages (12)
  • Little striped barnacleEnglish
  • Salton sea barnacleEnglish
  • برنقيل مخططArabic
  • Kleine StreifenseepockeGerman
  • Percebe rayadoSpanish
  • Balano striatoItalian
  • タテジマフジツボJapanese
  • 주걱따개비Korean
  • paarsgestreepte zeepokDutch
  • Морской желудь АмфитритыRussian
  • เพรียงหินThai
  • 紋藤壺Chinese

Catalogue of Life

Relatives of the striped 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 striped barnacle an invasive species?

In some places. The Global Register of Introduced and Invasive Species flags the striped barnacle as invasive in 2 countries: Japan and Ukraine. It lists it as introduced in 20 in all.

What kind of animal is the striped barnacle?

The striped barnacle (Amphibalanus amphitrite) 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). Striped barnacle (Amphibalanus amphitrite). Retrieved from https://creaturedata.com/animals/striped-barnacle

MLA

“Striped barnacle (Amphibalanus amphitrite).” CreatureData, 2026, https://creaturedata.com/animals/striped-barnacle.

BibTeX
@misc{striped_barnacle_2026,
  title = {Striped barnacle (Amphibalanus amphitrite)},
  author = {{CreatureData}},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://creaturedata.com/animals/striped-barnacle},
  note = {Data as of 2026-11-14}
}