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Name:
Spondylus variegatus & Balanus spec. on Modiolus philippinarum
Common name:
Balanus spec. → barnacle
Modiolus philippinarum → philippine horse mussel
Spondylus variegatus → spiny oysters, thorny oysters
Synonym:
Spondylus variegatus → Spondylus aculeatus, (Schreibers, 1793)
Modiolus philippinarum → Modiola philippinarum, (Hanley, 1843)
Family / Genus / Species / Binom / Author:
Spondylidae → Spondylus → variegatus → Spondylus variegatus → Schreibers, 1793
Balanidae → Balanus → → Balanus spec. → Da Costa, 1778
Mytilidae → Modiolus → philippinarum → Modiolus philippinarum → Hanley, 1843
Protection status:
Location:
Olango Island, Cebu / Philippines
Size of the specimen:
Length: 13,5 cm
Width: 7 cm
Height: 13,5 cm
Weight:
Every hard bottom of tropical waters is colonized in a short time by the mostly free-swimming larvae of various otherwise sessile organisms, and this is how such interesting communities can form.
