Ibla quadrivalvis | |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Thecostraca |
Subclass: | Cirripedia |
Order: | Iblomorpha |
Family: | Iblidae |
Genus: | Ibla |
Species: | I. quadrivalvis
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Binomial name | |
Ibla quadrivalvis (Cuvier, 1817)
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Synonyms[1] | |
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Ibla quadrivalvis is a species of barnacle in the Iblidae family.[2] The common name for this species is hairy stalked barnacle.[3]
The species was studied by Charles Darwin.[4] He first described that this specie is androdioecious.[5]
They live under rocks, in damp cracks and among colonies of tube worms.[3] They are the only stalked barnacle living permanently on rocky shores of south-eastern Australia.[6]