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| name = ''Balanus improvisus''
| name = Bay barnacle
| image = Balanus improvisus on Mya arenaria shell.jpg
| image = Balanus improvisus on Mya arenaria shell.jpg
| regnum = [[Animal]]ia
| genus = Amphibalanus
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| species = improvisus
| phylum = [[Arthropod]]a
| authority = ([[Charles Darwin|Darwin]], 1854)<ref>{{cite book|last1=Darwin|first1=Charles|title=A monograph on the sub-class Cirripedia, with figures of all the species|date=1854|publisher=Ray Society|location=London|volume=2|chapter-url=https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/2006659|pages=250–253|chapter=Balanus improvisus}}</ref>&nbsp;<ref>{{ITIS |id=89622 |taxon=''Balanus improvisus'' Darwin, 1854}}</ref>
| subphylum = [[Crustacean|Crustacea]]
| classis = [[Maxillopoda]]
| infraclassis = [[Barnacle|Cirripedia]]
| ordo = [[Sessilia]]
| familia = [[Balanidae]]
| genus = ''[[Balanus]]''
| species = '''''B. improvisus'''''
| binomial = ''Balanus improvisus''
| binomial_authority = [[Charles Darwin|Darwin]], 1854&nbsp;<ref>{{ITIS |id=89622 |taxon=''Balanus improvisus'' Darwin, 1854}}</ref>
}}
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'''''Balanus improvisus''''' is a [[species]] of [[Sessilia|acorn barnacle]].
'''''Amphibalanus improvisus''''', the '''bay barnacle''', '''European acorn barnacle''', is a [[species]] of [[Sessilia|acorn barnacle]] in the [[Family (biology)|family]] [[Balanidae]].


==Description==
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It is not known where the species natural range lies, but it has colonised many parts of the world's oceans as a [[biofouling]] agent on the [[Hull (watercraft)|hulls]] of [[ship]]s.<ref>{{cite web |author=WoRMS |year=2009 |title=''Balanus improvisus'' Darwin, 1854 |publisher=[[World Register of Marine Species]] |url=http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=106218 |accessdate=April 18, 2010}}</ref> It was one of the first recorded introductions to the [[Baltic Sea]], having been found in [[Sweden]] and [[Lithuania]] in 1844, the [[Elbe]] estuary in 1854 and [[Great Britain]] in the 1880s.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.frammandearter.se/0/2english/pdf/Balanus_improvisus.pdf |format=[[Portable Document Format|PDF]] |work=Främmande arter i svenska hav |accessdate=April 18, 2010 |title=Bay barnacle (''Balanus improvisus'')}}</ref>
''Amphibalanus improvisus'' has a smooth white or pale grey conical calcareous shell composed of six fused plates. There is an oval or rhombic opening at the top which is blocked by two hinged plates.<ref name=WoRMS/> Adults usually grow to about {{convert|10|mm|in|1|abbr=on}} in diameter and {{convert|6|mm}} in width though they are sometimes larger than this and can grow taller when densely packed. The base is characteristically grooved radially. This species can be confused with the striped barnacle (''[[Amphibalanus amphitrite]]'') <ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.sms.si.edu/irlspec/Balanu_eburne.htm |title=''Balanus eburneus'' |author=Sweat, L. H. |date=2009 |publisher= Smithsonian Marine Station at Fort Pierce |access-date=2012-10-04}}</ref> and in European waters with the northern rock barnacle (''[[Semibalanus balanoides]]'') or the rock barnacle (''[[Balanus crenatus]]'').<ref name=Bay>{{cite web |url=http://www.frammandearter.se/0/2english/pdf/Balanus_improvisus.pdf |work=Främmande arter i svenska hav |access-date=April 18, 2010 |title=Bay barnacle (''Balanus improvisus'') |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100812013242/http://www.frammandearter.se/0/2english/pdf/Balanus_improvisus.pdf |archive-date=August 12, 2010 |url-status=dead }}</ref>

==Distribution==
[[File:Balanus 026.JPG|thumb|left|Bay barnacles in the [[Sea of Azov]], [[Ukraine]]]]
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''Amphibalanus improvisus'' has a [[cosmopolitan distribution]] and is found in temperate and tropical parts of the Atlantic Ocean, the Arctic Ocean, the Baltic Sea the North Sea, the Mediterranean Sea and the Black Sea. It is not known where the species natural range lies but it may have originated in North America. It has colonised many parts of the world's oceans including the Indo-Pacific and Australasia as a [[biofouling]] agent on the [[Hull (watercraft)|hulls]] of [[ship]]s.<ref name=WoRMS>{{cite web |author=WoRMS |year=2009 |title=''Amphibalanus improvisus'' (Darwin, 1854) |publisher=[[World Register of Marine Species]] |url=http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=421139 |access-date=August 14, 2014}}</ref> It was one of the first recorded introductions to the [[Baltic Sea]], having been found in [[Sweden]] and [[Lithuania]] in 1844, the [[Elbe]] estuary in 1854 and [[Great Britain]] in the 1880s.<ref name=Bay/>

==Habitat==
''Amphibalanus improvisus'' is found, sometimes in vast numbers, down to a depth of about {{convert|6|m}} on rocks, man made structures, buoys, ships' hulls, the shells of crabs and molluscs, and certain seaweeds. It has been known to block the water intake pipes of factories and power stations. It is tolerant of both high and low salinity levels and is often found in estuaries and low salinity bays. As an invasive species it competes with native organisms and it is an unwanted coloniser of the shells of cultivated oysters and mussels and aquaculture cages.<ref name=Bay/><ref name=Exotics>{{cite web |url=http://www.gollaschconsulting.de/download/Balanus_p1.pdf |title=''Balanus improvisus'' (Darwin 1854), Balanidae, Cirripedia |work=Exotics Across the Ocean - EU Concerted Action |access-date=2012-10-04}}</ref>

==Biology==
[[File:Diogenes pugilator, Serhiivka.jpg|thumb|Live barnacles on a shell with the [[small hermit crab]] (''Diogenes pugilator'')]]
''Amphibalanus improvisus'' is a [[filter feeder]]. It extends its six pairs of modified legs called cirri to catch [[plankton]] and other organic material floating past. It is a [[hermaphrodite]] and sperm is passed into the cavity of a neighbouring barnacle through a long penis. The eggs are fertilised and brooded in the cavity and hatch into [[Crustacean larvae|nauplius larvae]] which drift with the currents. After six naupliar stages occupying two to five weeks, these become [[Barnacle#Cyprid|cyprid larvae]] and find a suitable surface on which to settle. Here they cement themselves to the [[Substrate (biology)|substrate]] and undergo [[metamorphosis]] into juveniles. There may be several broods in the year but usually just two in the cooler waters of the Baltic and only one in low salinity environments.<ref name=Exotics/><ref name=Dorit>{{cite book |title=Zoology |url=https://archive.org/details/zoology0000dori |url-access=registration |last=Dorit |first=R. L. |author2=Walker, W. F.|author3= Barnes, R. D. |year=1991 |publisher=Saunders College Publishing |isbn=0-03-030504-7 |page=[https://archive.org/details/zoology0000dori/page/742 742] }}</ref>
==Control==
Marine paints may contain an [[antifouling]] substance, the free base form of [[medetomidine]], sold as '''Selektope'''.<ref name =selektope>{{cite web |last1=Chaabane |first1=Philip | name-list-style = vanc |title=The Selektope Story |url=https://www.pcimag.com/ext/resources/WhitePapers/2016/The-Selektope-Story-v2.pdf |publisher=PCI Magazine |access-date=12 December 2018}}</ref> The anti-settling effect against the barnacle has been shown in vitro:<ref name="Dahl">{{Cite journal |vauthors=Dahlström M, Mårtensson LG, Jonsson PR, Arnebrant T, Elwing H |date=November 2000 |title=Surface active adrenoceptor compounds prevent the settlement of cyprid larvae of Balanus improvisus. |journal=Biofouling |volume=16 |issue=2–4 |pages=191–203 |doi=10.1080/08927010009378444 |s2cid=85603381}}</ref>
When the barnacle cyprid larva encounters a surface containing medetomidine the molecule interacts with the [[octopamine receptor]] in the larva. This causes the settling larva to increase its kicking to more than 100 kicks per minute, which makes becoming sessile nearly impossible.<ref name="Lind">{{Cite journal |display-authors=6 |vauthors=Lind U, Alm Rosenblad M, Hasselberg Frank L, Falkbring S, Brive L, Laurila JM, Pohjanoksa K, Vuorenpää A, Kukkonen JP, Gunnarsson L, Scheinin M, Mårtensson Lindblad LG, Blomberg A |date=August 2010 |title=Octopamine receptors from the barnacle balanus improvisus are activated by the alpha2-adrenoceptor agonist medetomidine |url=https://www.researchgate.net/publication/44617476 |journal=Molecular Pharmacology |volume=78 |issue=2 |pages=237–48 |doi=10.1124/mol.110.063594 |pmid=20488921 |s2cid=17792301}}</ref>


==References==
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==External links==
[[Category:Barnacles]]
*[http://www.nobanis.org/MarineIdkey/Barnacles/BalanusImprovisus.htm ''Balanus improvisus''], European Network on Invasive Species
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Bay barnacle
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Thecostraca
Subclass: Cirripedia
Order: Balanomorpha
Family: Balanidae
Genus: Amphibalanus
Species:
A. improvisus
Binomial name
Amphibalanus improvisus
(Darwin, 1854)[1] [2]

Amphibalanus improvisus, the bay barnacle, European acorn barnacle, is a species of acorn barnacle in the family Balanidae.

Description

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Amphibalanus improvisus has a smooth white or pale grey conical calcareous shell composed of six fused plates. There is an oval or rhombic opening at the top which is blocked by two hinged plates.[3] Adults usually grow to about 10 mm (0.4 in) in diameter and 6 millimetres (0.24 in) in width though they are sometimes larger than this and can grow taller when densely packed. The base is characteristically grooved radially. This species can be confused with the striped barnacle (Amphibalanus amphitrite) [4] and in European waters with the northern rock barnacle (Semibalanus balanoides) or the rock barnacle (Balanus crenatus).[5]

Distribution

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Bay barnacles in the Sea of Azov, Ukraine

Amphibalanus improvisus has a cosmopolitan distribution and is found in temperate and tropical parts of the Atlantic Ocean, the Arctic Ocean, the Baltic Sea the North Sea, the Mediterranean Sea and the Black Sea. It is not known where the species natural range lies but it may have originated in North America. It has colonised many parts of the world's oceans including the Indo-Pacific and Australasia as a biofouling agent on the hulls of ships.[3] It was one of the first recorded introductions to the Baltic Sea, having been found in Sweden and Lithuania in 1844, the Elbe estuary in 1854 and Great Britain in the 1880s.[5]

Habitat

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Amphibalanus improvisus is found, sometimes in vast numbers, down to a depth of about 6 metres (20 ft) on rocks, man made structures, buoys, ships' hulls, the shells of crabs and molluscs, and certain seaweeds. It has been known to block the water intake pipes of factories and power stations. It is tolerant of both high and low salinity levels and is often found in estuaries and low salinity bays. As an invasive species it competes with native organisms and it is an unwanted coloniser of the shells of cultivated oysters and mussels and aquaculture cages.[5][6]

Biology

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Live barnacles on a shell with the small hermit crab (Diogenes pugilator)

Amphibalanus improvisus is a filter feeder. It extends its six pairs of modified legs called cirri to catch plankton and other organic material floating past. It is a hermaphrodite and sperm is passed into the cavity of a neighbouring barnacle through a long penis. The eggs are fertilised and brooded in the cavity and hatch into nauplius larvae which drift with the currents. After six naupliar stages occupying two to five weeks, these become cyprid larvae and find a suitable surface on which to settle. Here they cement themselves to the substrate and undergo metamorphosis into juveniles. There may be several broods in the year but usually just two in the cooler waters of the Baltic and only one in low salinity environments.[6][7]

Control

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Marine paints may contain an antifouling substance, the free base form of medetomidine, sold as Selektope.[8] The anti-settling effect against the barnacle has been shown in vitro:[9] When the barnacle cyprid larva encounters a surface containing medetomidine the molecule interacts with the octopamine receptor in the larva. This causes the settling larva to increase its kicking to more than 100 kicks per minute, which makes becoming sessile nearly impossible.[10]

References

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  1. ^ Darwin, Charles (1854). "Balanus improvisus". A monograph on the sub-class Cirripedia, with figures of all the species. Vol. 2. London: Ray Society. pp. 250–253.
  2. ^ "Balanus improvisus Darwin, 1854". Integrated Taxonomic Information System.
  3. ^ a b WoRMS (2009). "Amphibalanus improvisus (Darwin, 1854)". World Register of Marine Species. Retrieved August 14, 2014.
  4. ^ Sweat, L. H. (2009). "Balanus eburneus". Smithsonian Marine Station at Fort Pierce. Retrieved 2012-10-04.
  5. ^ a b c "Bay barnacle (Balanus improvisus)" (PDF). Främmande arter i svenska hav. Archived from the original (PDF) on August 12, 2010. Retrieved April 18, 2010.
  6. ^ a b "Balanus improvisus (Darwin 1854), Balanidae, Cirripedia" (PDF). Exotics Across the Ocean - EU Concerted Action. Retrieved 2012-10-04.
  7. ^ Dorit, R. L.; Walker, W. F.; Barnes, R. D. (1991). Zoology. Saunders College Publishing. p. 742. ISBN 0-03-030504-7.
  8. ^ Chaabane P. "The Selektope Story" (PDF). PCI Magazine. Retrieved 12 December 2018.
  9. ^ Dahlström M, Mårtensson LG, Jonsson PR, Arnebrant T, Elwing H (November 2000). "Surface active adrenoceptor compounds prevent the settlement of cyprid larvae of Balanus improvisus". Biofouling. 16 (2–4): 191–203. doi:10.1080/08927010009378444. S2CID 85603381.
  10. ^ Lind U, Alm Rosenblad M, Hasselberg Frank L, Falkbring S, Brive L, Laurila JM, et al. (August 2010). "Octopamine receptors from the barnacle balanus improvisus are activated by the alpha2-adrenoceptor agonist medetomidine". Molecular Pharmacology. 78 (2): 237–48. doi:10.1124/mol.110.063594. PMID 20488921. S2CID 17792301.
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