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On the distribution of the intertidal barnacles Chthamalus stellatus, Chthamalus montagui and Euraphia depressa

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  11 May 2009

D. J. Crisp ,
A. J. Southward  and
Eve C. Southward
D. J. Crisp
Affiliation:
N.E.R.C. Unit of Marine Invertebrate Biology, Marine Science Laboratories, Menai Bridge, Gwynedd
A. J. Southward
Affiliation:
The Laboratory, Marine Biological Association, Citadel Hill, Plymouth
Eve C. Southward
Affiliation:
The Laboratory, Marine Biological Association, Citadel Hill, Plymouth
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There are three species of chthamalids in Europe. Two of them, Chthamalus stellatus and Chthamalus montagui, overlap extensively in geographic range: they occur together along the whole Atlantic coasts of Britain, Ireland, France, Spain and N. Africa, and both also occur in the Mediterranean Sea. They have almost identical north-eastern limits to their distribution in the English Channel and N. Scotland, but C. stellatus may extend farther south along the W. African coast. These two species also show overlap in their vertical distribution, though C. montagui is usually commoner in the upper barnacle zone while C. stellatus may be dominant lower down. The species are separated by habitat, C. stellatus favouring wave-beaten open coast sites, C. montagui more embayed situations, but there is still extensive overlap. The third European species of chthamalid, Euraphia depressa, has a more restricted vertical distribution and is almost entirely confined to the Mediterranean Sea, where it favours high-intertidal levels in wave-beaten places, and also cryptic habitats.

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Journal of the Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom , Volume 61 , Issue 2 , May 1981 , pp. 359 - 380
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Copyright © Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom 1981

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