Chthamalus montagui Southward, 1976
(Montagu’s Stellate Barnacle)

Chthamalus montagui (Montagu’s Stellate Barnacle) may be included in 'fed on by' relations listed under the following higher taxa:

Taxonomic hierarchy:
SpeciesChthamalus montagui (Montagu’s Stellate Barnacle)
FamilyCHTHAMALIDAE (a family of acorn barnacles)
SuperfamilyCHTHAMALOIDEA (a superfamily of crustaceans)
SuborderBALANOMORPHA (a suborder of acorn barnacles)
OrderSESSILIA (acorn barnacles)
SuperorderTHORACICA (acorn and goose barnacles)
InfraclassCirripedia (barnacles)
SubclassTHECOSTRACA (barnacles)
ClassMAXILLOPODA (a class of crustaceans)
SubphylumCRUSTACEA (crustaceans)
PhylumARTHROPODA (arthropods)
SuperphylumECDYSOZOA (skin shedders)
CladeBilateria (bilaterally symmetrical animals)
SubkingdomEUMETAZOA (metazoans)
KingdomANIMALIA (animals)
DomainEukaryota (eukaryotes)
LifeBIOTA (living things)
NBNNBN (data.nbn.org.uk) has a distribution map for Chthamalus montagui (Montagu’s Stellate Barnacle)

Identification Works

Handling & MagnificationAuthorYearTitleSource

Cyprid

Lilley, M.K.S. 2006 Chthamalid cyprid identification - a photographic guide Marine Biological Association

Nauplius

Burrows, M.T., Hawkins, S.J. & Southward, A.J.

1999 Larval development of the intertidal barnacles Chthamalus stellatus and Chthamalus montagui JMBA 79: 93-101.

Chthamalus montagui (Montagu’s Stellate Barnacle) may also be included in identification literature listed under the following higher taxa:

Literature listed under the following higher taxa may be relevant to Chthamalus montagui (Montagu’s Stellate Barnacle):

BioImagesBioImages (www.bioimages.org.uk) has 2 images of Chthamalus montagui (Montagu’s Stellate Barnacle)

Micropyle opening brown. Aperture usually kite shape, but can approach or overlap with the oval shape usually found in C. stellatus

Mainly on upper shore and sheltered shores, eg bays

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