| Austromegabalanus psittacus | |
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| Exoskeleton (shell) of the giant barnacle | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Thecostraca |
| Subclass: | Cirripedia |
| Order: | Balanomorpha |
| Family: | Balanidae |
| Genus: | Austromegabalanus |
| Species: | A. psittacus
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| Binomial name | |
| Austromegabalanus psittacus | |
Austromegabalanus psittacus, the giant barnacle or picoroco as it is known in Spanish, is a species of large barnacle native to the coasts of southern Peru, all of Chile and southern Argentina.[2][3] It inhabits the littoral and intertidal zones of rocky shores and normally grows up to 30 centimetres (12 in) tall with a mineralized shell composed of calcite.[4] The picoroco barnacle is used in Chilean cuisine and is one of the ingredients in curanto.
- ^ Chan, Benny K.K. (2012). "Austromegabalanus psittacus (Molina, 1788)". WoRMS. World Register of Marine Species. Retrieved 2013-01-01.
- ^ Robert W. Simpfendörfer; Karin B. Oelckers; David Nash; Daniel A. López (2005). "Kinetic properties of the muscular pyruvate kinase from the giant marine barnacle, Austromegabalanus psittacus (Molina, 1782) (Cirripedia, Balanomorpha)". Crustaceana. 78 (10): 1203–1218. doi:10.1163/156854005775903573.
- ^ López, Daniel A.; López, Boris A.; Arriagada, Sergio E.; González, María L.; Mora, Oscar A.; Bedecarratz, Paula C.; Pineda, Mauricio O.; Andrade, Lorenzo I.; Uribe, José M.; Riquelme, Verónica A. (2012). "Diversification of Chilean aquaculture: the case of the giant barnacle Austromegabalanus psittacus (Molina, 1782)". Latin American Journal of Aquatic Research. 40 (3): 596–607. doi:10.3856/vol40-issue3-fulltext-9.
- ^ Alejandro B. Rodríguez-Navarro; Christiane CabraldeMelo; Nelson Batista; Nilton Morimoto; Pedro Alvarez-Lloret; Miguel Ortega-Huertas; Victor M. Fuenzalida; Jose I. Arias; Juan P. Wiff; Jose L. Arias (2006). "Microstructure and crystallographic-texture of giant barnacle (Austromegabalanus psittacus) shell". Journal of Structural Biology. 156 (2): 355–362. doi:10.1016/j.jsb.2006.04.009. PMID 16962792.