THORACICA Darwin, 1854
(acorn and goose barnacles)

Interactions where THORACICA is the victim or passive partner (and generally loses out from the process)

The following relationships have been collated from the published literature (see 'Interaction References').

Filters:

Affected Part Summary Taxon Vernacular Classification References Darwin Classification of Active Taxon Active Taxon Active Vernacular Active Taxon Uncertain Active State Active Part Active Stage Relationship Relationship Uncertain Relationship Geography Darwin Classification of Passive Taxon Passive Taxon Passive Vernacular Passive Taxon Uncertain Passive State Passive Part Passive Stage Passive Taxon's significance to Active Taxon Indoors etc Season Summary
(live) live shell is inhabited by endolithic thallus Collemopsidium foveolatum a lichen Pyrenulales: Xanthopyreniaceae The Lichen Flora of Great Britain & Ireland, Purvis, O.W., Coppins, B.J., Hawksworth, D.L., James, P.W. & Moore, D.M., 1992
/Fungi/Ascomycota/Dothideomycetes/Pyrenulales/Xanthopyreniaceae/Collemopsidium foveolatum/Collemopsidium foveolatuma lichenendolithicthallus Animal / endozoite /Animalia/Arthropoda/Maxillopoda/Thoracica/Thoracicaacorn and goose barnaclesliveshell endolithic thallus lives within live shell
(live) live shell is inhabited by immersed perithecium Collemopsidium foveolatum a lichen Pyrenulales: Xanthopyreniaceae The Lichen Flora of Great Britain & Ireland, Purvis, O.W., Coppins, B.J., Hawksworth, D.L., James, P.W. & Moore, D.M., 1992
/Fungi/Ascomycota/Dothideomycetes/Pyrenulales/Xanthopyreniaceae/Collemopsidium foveolatum/Collemopsidium foveolatuma lichenimmersedperithecium Animal / endozoite /Animalia/Arthropoda/Maxillopoda/Thoracica/Thoracicaacorn and goose barnaclesliveshell immersed perithecium lives within live shell
shell (live) live shell is inhabited by endolithic thallus Collemopsidium sublitorale a lichen Pyrenulales: Xanthopyreniaceae The Lichen Flora of Great Britain & Ireland, Purvis, O.W., Coppins, B.J., Hawksworth, D.L., James, P.W. & Moore, D.M., 1992
/Fungi/Ascomycota/Dothideomycetes/Pyrenulales/Xanthopyreniaceae/Collemopsidium sublitorale/Collemopsidium sublitoralea lichenendolithicthallus Animal / endozoite /Animalia/Arthropoda/Maxillopoda/Thoracica/Thoracicaacorn and goose barnaclesliveshell endolithic thallus lives within live shell
shell (live) live shell is inhabited by immersed perithecium Collemopsidium sublitorale a lichen Pyrenulales: Xanthopyreniaceae The Lichen Flora of Great Britain & Ireland, Purvis, O.W., Coppins, B.J., Hawksworth, D.L., James, P.W. & Moore, D.M., 1992
/Fungi/Ascomycota/Dothideomycetes/Pyrenulales/Xanthopyreniaceae/Collemopsidium sublitorale/Collemopsidium sublitoralea lichenimmersedperithecium Animal / endozoite /Animalia/Arthropoda/Maxillopoda/Thoracica/Thoracicaacorn and goose barnaclesliveshell immersed perithecium lives within live shell

Author & YearTitleSource
Purvis, O.W., Coppins, B.J., Hawksworth, D.L., James, P.W. & Moore, D.M., 1992The Lichen Flora of Great Britain & Ireland710pp, Natural History Museum Publications

THORACICA (acorn and goose barnacles) may also be included in 'fed on by' relations listed under the following higher taxa:

Subtaxon Rank Featured
subtaxa
No of
interactions
No of
references
Order 7 subtaxa 7 trophisms 10 references
Taxonomic hierarchy:
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 THORACICA (acorn and goose barnacles)

Identification Works

Handling & MagnificationAuthorYearTitleSource
Bassindale, R. 1964 British Barnacles Synopses of the British Fauna, 14, 49pp, The Linnean Society of London
Southward, A.J. 2008 Barnacles Synopses of the British Fauna (New Series), 57, Field Studies Council

THORACICA (acorn and goose barnacles) may also be included in identification literature listed under the following higher taxa:

Literature listed under the following higher taxa may be relevant to THORACICA (acorn and goose barnacles):

BioImagesBioImages (www.bioimages.org.uk) has 57 images of THORACICA (acorn and goose barnacles)
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