e0e130613ca92a75cb093ed08b9d8503 English dataset Data Archive for Seabed Species and Habitats (DASSH) Data Manager 01752 633102 01752 633291 Marine Biological Association of the UK, The Laboratory, Citadel Hill Plymouth PL1 2PB dassh.enquiries@mba.ac.uk pointOfContact 2024-07-22 MEDIN Discovery metadata standard 2.3.8 urn:ogc:def:crs:EPSG::4326 1995-2004 Southward et al. UK habitat and distribution of the warm-water barnacle Solidobalanus fallax (Crustacea: Cirripedia) records 2016-02-18 publication 2004-01-10 creation 2022-02-11 revision DASSHDT00000144 http://www.dassh.ac.uk New records are given of the occurrence of the warm-water barnacle Solidobalanus fallax in Britain and Europe. This barnacle is not found on rocks or stones, but settles on biological substrata, including algae, cnidarians, bivalves, gastropods and crustaceans. It also settles on plastic bags and nets, plastic-coated objects such as crab and lobster pots and octopus pots made of ceramic or plastic.With one exception the species was unrecorded in Europe before 1980; it may have increased in abundance during recent years as a result of rising temperatures.The cyprid larvae, which can metamorphose on plastic Petri dishes, appear to be adapted to seek out low energy surfaces. One of the habitats colonized by S. fallax is the sea-fan Eunicella verrucosa, where it seems to have increased in recent years, possibly to the detriment of the cnidarian host. Solidobalanus fallax has the potential to be a serious pest of fish-farming structures to the south of Britain. Alan Southward DASSH, The Archive for Marine Species and Habitat Data dassh.enquires@mba.ac.uk originator Data Archive for Seabed Species and Habitats (DASSH) Data Manager 01752 633102 01752 633291 Marine Biological Association of the UK, The Laboratory, Citadel Hill Plymouth PL1 2PB dassh.enquiries@mba.ac.uk custodian notPlanned Delimited Marine Environmental Data and Information Network NDGO0005 Species distribution GEMET - INSPIRE themes, version 1.0 2008-01-06 revision Zoobenthos generic abundance SeaDataNet P021 parameter discovery vocabulary 2009-11-16 revision Biodiversity GEMET 2011-07-06 creation CC BY NC otherRestrictions Open Access English biota Charting Progress 2 Sea Areas 2009-06-18 creation Western Channel and Celtic Sea -5.8722 -2.1698 49.7458 53.6251 1995-06-02 2004-01-10 Data Archive for Seabed Species and Habitats (DASSH) Data Manager 01752 633102 01752 633291 Marine Biological Association of the UK, The Laboratory, Citadel Hill Plymouth PL1 2PB dassh.enquiries@mba.ac.uk distributor https://doi.org/10.17031/668658b4b95f9 DOI link A link to the web service or dataset http://www.dassh.ac.uk/datasets DASSH Dataset Catalogue A link to the general host site dataset Specimens were recovered by dredging, trawling, SCUBA diving and examination of floating structures, lobster/crab pots, octopus pots and stranded objects. once this barnacle was known to occur on substrata other than queen scallop shells, active searches were made, particular attention being paid to colonies of the sea-fan, Eunicella verrucosa (Pallas). The species was searched for in harbours, on lobster pots and other fishshing gear and colleagues were briefed how to recognize it during their visits to these coasts. If any sensitive species or biotope records are present within this dataset, they will have been removed. If you wish to request access to sensitive species records, please contact the metadata contact. The UK Sensitive Species list has been agreed by UK statutory bodies and relevant experts. It can be viewed here https://docs.nbnatlas.org/sensitive-species-list/. Please note sensitive species lists can vary across the UK. See Southward, A., Hiscock, K., Kerckhof, F., Moyse, J., Elfimov, A. (2004). Habitat and distribution of the warm-water barnacle Solidobalanus fallax (Crustacea: Cirripedia). Journal of the Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom, 84(6), 1169-1177. doi:10.1017/S0025315404010616h for original source