Tesseropora rosea, the rose barnacle is a species of barnacle found in eastern and southern Australia, and South Africa.
| rose barnacle | |
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| at Long Reef, Australia | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Thecostraca |
| Subclass: | Cirripedia |
| Order: | Balanomorpha |
| Family: | Tetraclitidae |
| Genus: | Tesseropora |
| Species: | T. rosea
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| Binomial name | |
| Tesseropora rosea Krauss 1848
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The hard exterior is grey to whitish with four shell plates. Larger specimens show a pinkish colour. Size is 20 millimetres across to 12 millimetres tall. The habitat is exposed rocky shores, from high tide levels to a depth of 58 metres. The diet is plankton and small particles. This barnacle can tolerate strong wave activity.[1][2][3]
References
edit- ^ "Tesseropora rosea". Museums Victoria Collections. Retrieved 9 August 2019.
- ^ "Tesseropora rosea". Atlas of Living Australia. Retrieved 9 August 2019.
- ^ "Tesseropora rosea". Museum of Tropical Queensland. Retrieved 9 August 2019.
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