[NatureNS] local barnacle species?

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Hello Dusan and Eric,

My understanding is that the currently accepted scientific name is *Semibalanus
balanoides*  (see
http://www.cbif.gc.ca/pls/itisca/next?v_tsn=89687&taxa=&p_format=&p_ifx=cbif&p_lang
=)

Ron Arsenault
Memramcook, N.B.


2006/10/23, Eric Mills <E.Mills@dal.ca>:
>
> Balanus balanoides is indeed the common (and virtually exclusive)
> intertidal
> barnacle in our waters. There are other species in deeper water.
> Eric
>
> Quoting Dusan Soudek <soudekd@ns.sympatico.ca>:
>
> >    Hi,
> >    any barnacle experts out there? My daughter is doing a Grade 11
> > biology project on the effect of tides on a barnacle population in
> > Halifax Harbour.  (On Saturday afternoon, we have spent a cold and
> > windy hour in a canoe at the mouth of Dartmouth's "Sawmill River,"
> > measuring and counting barnacles on a wooden seawall.)
> >    All the individuals we saw looked morphologically identical, even
> > though there were several size classes present, and we assume that
> > they all belonged to the same species, Northern Rock Barnacle
> > (Balanus balanoides). Is this the common intertidal zone barnacle
> > species in Nova Scotia? Could someone confirm our species ID? Many
> > thanks!
> >    Dusan Soudek
> >
> >
>
>
>
> ZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZ
> Dr Eric L Mills
> Professor Emeritus of History of Science
> Dept of Oceanography, Dalhousie University
> Halifax, Nova Scotia B3H 4J1, Canada
> ZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZ
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<div>Hello Dusan and Eric,</div>
<div>&nbsp;</div>
<div>My understanding is that the currently accepted scientific name is&nbsp;<span class="blue-text"><span lang="la"><em>Semibalanus balanoides</em></span></span>&nbsp; (see <a href="http://www.cbif.gc.ca/pls/itisca/next?v_tsn=89687&amp;taxa=&amp;p_format=&amp;p_ifx=cbif&amp;p_lang">
http://www.cbif.gc.ca/pls/itisca/next?v_tsn=89687&amp;taxa=&amp;p_format=&amp;p_ifx=cbif&amp;p_lang</a>=)</div>
<div>&nbsp;</div>
<div>Ron Arsenault</div>
<div>Memramcook, N.B.<br><br>&nbsp;</div>
<div><span class="gmail_quote">2006/10/23, Eric Mills &lt;E.Mills@dal.ca&gt;:</span>
<blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="PADDING-LEFT: 1ex; MARGIN: 0px 0px 0px 0.8ex; BORDER-LEFT: #ccc 1px solid">Balanus balanoides is indeed the common (and virtually exclusive) intertidal<br>barnacle in our waters. There are other species in deeper water.
<br>Eric<br><br>Quoting Dusan Soudek &lt;soudekd@ns.sympatico.ca&gt;:<br><br>&gt;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Hi,<br>&gt;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;any barnacle experts out there? My daughter is doing a Grade 11<br>&gt; biology project on the effect of tides on a barnacle population in
<br>&gt; Halifax Harbour.&nbsp;&nbsp;(On Saturday afternoon, we have spent a cold and<br>&gt; windy hour in a canoe at the mouth of Dartmouth's &quot;Sawmill River,&quot;<br>&gt; measuring and counting barnacles on a wooden seawall.)
<br>&gt;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;All the individuals we saw looked morphologically identical, even<br>&gt; though there were several size classes present, and we assume that<br>&gt; they all belonged to the same species, Northern Rock Barnacle
<br>&gt; (Balanus balanoides). Is this the common intertidal zone barnacle<br>&gt; species in Nova Scotia? Could someone confirm our species ID? Many<br>&gt; thanks!<br>&gt;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Dusan Soudek<br>&gt;<br>&gt;<br><br><br><br>
ZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZ<br>Dr Eric L Mills<br>Professor Emeritus of History of Science<br>Dept of Oceanography, Dalhousie University<br>Halifax, Nova Scotia B3H 4J1, Canada<br>ZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZ
<br></blockquote></div><br>

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