Common around the coast including locally along Tomahawk Beach and can easily be confused with other species although if looked at closely you can noramlly define the six plates

At a glance

Habitat Can be found on exposed rocky shores around the high tide mark
Size They can grow up to 20mm high and around 10mm wide
Origin Endemic
Distribution Southern Australia including around Tasmania
Descriptions
Distribution
Southern Australia including around Tasmania
Habitat
Can be found on exposed rocky shores around the high tide mark
Size
They can grow up to 20mm high and around 10mm wide

Identification

Whiteish to grey in colour with six plates, the colour vary slightly and can have a brownish to greenish apperance and erroded plates can have a pointed tooth like apperance
Common Name Six-plated Barnacle
Aliases No Known Aliases
Origin Endemic
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Classification

Classification

KingdomAnimalia
PhylumArthropoda
SubphylumCrustacea
SuperclassMulticrustacea
ClassThecostraca
SubclassCirripedia
SuperorderThoracica
OrderSessilia
SuborderBalanomorpha
SuperfamilyChthamaloidea
FamilyChthamalidae
SubfamilyChthamalinae
GenusChthamalus
SpeciesChthamalus antennatus
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Synonyms

There are no known synonyms for this species
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