Species under Megabalanus
n= 19
Species name Common name Distribution Max. Length (cm)
Megabalanus ajax
(Darwin, 1854)
Indo-Pacific
Megabalanus antillensis
(Pilsbry, 1916)
Western Atlantic
Megabalanus azoricus
Pilsbry, 1916
Azorean barnacle Eastern Atlantic
Megabalanus californicus
(Pilsbry, 1916)
California barnacle Eastern Central Pacific 6
Megabalanus coccopoma
(Darwin, 1854)
Titan acorn barnacle Indo-Pacific and Southwest Atlantic
Megabalanus concinnus
(Darwin, 1854)
Red speckled barnacle Southern Pacific
Megabalanus crispatus
(Schroter, 1786)
Eastern Central Atlantic and Northwest Pacific
Megabalanus occator
(Darwin, 1854)
Indo-West Pacific
Megabalanus peninsularis
(Pilsbry, 1916)
Southeast Pacific
Megabalanus rosa
(Pilsbry, 1916)
Rose barnacle Indo-West Pacific
Megabalanus spinosus
(Gmelin, 1791)
Eastern Central Atlantic
Megabalanus stultus
(Darwin, 1854)
Western Indian Ocean and Western Atlantic
Megabalanus tintinnabulum
(Linnaeus, 1758)
Circumglobal 7.5
Megabalanus tulipiformis
(Ellis, 1758)
Eastern Central Atlantic
Megabalanus validus
(Darwin, 1854)
Indo-West Pacific
Megabalanus vesiculosus
(Darwin, 1854)
Southwest Pacific
Megabalanus vinaceus
(Darwin, 1854)
Southeast Pacific
Megabalanus volcano
(Pilsbry, 1916)
Indo-West Pacific
Megabalanus zebra
(Darwin, 1854)
Indo-West Pacific and Atlantic Ocean
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