Kochlorine floridana

(Boring Barnacle)

Size

Diameter: 0.5cm (0.2")

Recognition Characters

This uncharacteristic barnacle bores into other calcareous organisms. It is very small and its presence is only indicated by small elliptical slits at the aperture of the barnacle.

Color

Habitat & Depth

Forms chambers in the shells of mollusks, barnacles, calcareous bryozoans, serpulid tube worms, and red calcareous algae.

Distribution at GRNMS

Unknown. May be associated with Oculina corals, mollusks, or bryozoans.

Geographic Range

Southeast coast of United States, parts of Caribbean, Gulf of Mexico

Behavior & Notes

Synonyms

References

Ruppert and Fox 1988