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Balanus
An Acorn Barnacle
CLASSIFICATION
Main Group:
Animal
Sublevel 1:
Non-chordate Invertebrate
Sublevel 2:
Invertebrate with bilateral symmetry
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Phylum:
Arthropoda
Class:
Maxillopoda
Order:
Sessilia
Family:
Balanidae
Genus:
Balanus
STATUS IN NEW ENGLAND
Invasive, Pest, or Pathogen?:
No
BIOLOGY/ECOLOGY
Feeding Type:
Heterotroph
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Balanus
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