Adna anglica

Adna anglica
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Thecostraca
Subclass: Cirripedia
Order: Balanomorpha
Family: Pyrgomatidae
Genus: Adna
Sowerby, 1823
Species:
A. anglica
Binomial name
Adna anglica
Sowerby, 1823
Synonyms[1]

Species synonymy

  • Boscia anglica (Sowerby, 1823)
  • Megatrema anglicum (Sowerby, 1823)
  • Pyrgoma anglicum Sowerby, 1823

Adna is a genus of acorn barnacles that grows in association with or semi-parasitically on corals and octocorals. Its only species is Adna anglica. It is found in the intertidal zone on the coasts of northwestern Europe and in the Mediterranean Sea.

  1. ^ "Adna anglica". WoRMS. World Register of Marine Species. Retrieved 22 May 2022.