Chthamalus stellatus

Chthamalus stellatus
A colony of C. stellatus
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Thecostraca
Subclass: Cirripedia
Order: Balanomorpha
Family: Chthamalidae
Genus: Chthamalus
Species:
C. stellatus
Binomial name
Chthamalus stellatus
(Poli, 1791)

Chthamalus stellatus, common name Poli's stellate barnacle, is a species of acorn barnacle common on rocky shores in South West England, Ireland, and Southern Europe.[1][2] It is named after Giuseppe Saverio Poli.[3]

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