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Pitriana P, Valente L, von Rintelen T, Jones DS, Prabowo RE, von Rintelen K (2020) An annotated checklist and integrative biodiversity discovery of barnacles (Crustacea, Cirripedia) from the Moluccas, East Indonesia. ZooKeys 945: 17-83. https://doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.945.39044
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To contribute to the taxonomic knowledge of barnacles in this understudied area, the first checklist of barnacles from the Moluccas is presented, including additional information on morphology, distribution, and substrate as well as molecular data. The species of barnacles from the Moluccas have been determined using morphological analysis and DNA sequences. During 19 field trips conducted between January 2016 and September 2017, 1,513 specimens of 24 species of intertidal and one species of deep-sea barnacles were collected from 51 localities from the islands. Morphological and molecular analysis of the collected material detected members of three families of stalked barnacles and four families of acorn barnacles. In addition to sampling in the field, we also surveyed the literature on barnacles from the Moluccas. In total, our checklist comprises 97 species from the Moluccas including 23 new records, two of them yet to be described species. Results suggest that the Moluccas have a much higher diversity of barnacles than previously known, for example, from the reports of Challenger and Siboga expeditions. For further work, routine application of molecular systematics could aid the detection of cryptic species, while increased sampling of more islands and a taxonomic revision of several groups would likely lead to an even higher number of species than currently known.
Acorn barnacle, coral triangle, Indonesian biodiversity, new records, stalked barnacles, taxonomy
Barnacles (Crustacea, Cirripedia) are an ancient, species-rich and abundant group of crustaceans with about 1,400 extant species (
The Indonesian Moluccas (or Spice Islands; Fig.
Rumphius provided the first record of a barnacle (the stalked Mitella Oken, 1815 (= Capitulum Gray, 1825) found on a rock near the beach at Ambon Island) in his posthumously published ‘Amboinsche Rariteitkamer’ (Rumphius 1705). Indonesian and Moluccan barnacles were also studied by
To contribute to the taxonomic knowledge of this understudied area, we herein present the first checklist of barnacles from the Moluccas, including additional information on morphology and molecular data, as well as distribution and substrate.
Specimens examined in this study were collected by the first author during 19 field trips between January 2016 and September 2017 to the intertidal zones of the Moluccan islands of Ambon, Saparua, Seram, Pombo, and Banda Neira (Fig.
Barnacle specimens firmly attached to hard substrate (rocks, stone, concrete) were sampled using a chisel and hammer whereas those attached to softer substrate using a craft knife. Specimens were fixed and stored in 96% ethanol and transferred into 75% ethanol for long-term preservation.
Annotated checklist tabulation of barnacle species from the Moluccas, Eastern Indonesia.
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LEPADIFORMES Heteralepadomorpha | Heteralepadidae | 1 | Heteralepas japonica (Aurivillius, 1892) | Lifamatola Sea and Halmahera Sea | Deep-water cable to mooring | This study |
2 | Heteralepas ovalis (Hoek, 1907) | West from Kei Islands |
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3 | Heteralepas tenuis (Hoek, 1907) | South of Seram |
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Lepadomorpha | Oxynaspididae | 4 | Oxynaspis connectens Broch, 1931 | Kei Islands |
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Poecilasmatidae | 5 | Glyptelasma carinatum (Hoek, 1883) | Seram Sea |
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6 | Megalasma striatum (Hoek, 1883) | East of Kei Islands |
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7 | Octolasmis orthogonia Darwin, 1852 | Tual anchorage |
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8 | Octolasmis weberi (Hoek, 1907) | Kei Islands, Banda Sea |
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9 | Poecilasma kaempferi Darwin, 1852 | Banda Sea |
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10 | Temnaspis fissum (Darwin, 1852) | Ternate anchorage |
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Lepadidae | 11 | Conchoderma virgatum Spengler, 1789 | Banda Sea |
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12 | Dosima fascicularis (Ellis & Solander, 1786) | Ambon | Floating in water at the beach | This study | ||
13 | Lepas anserifera Linnaeus, 1767 | Ambon, Saparua, Seram, Pombo | Mangrove, stone ship chart and ship wall, port pole, shell of Megabalanus zebra | This study | ||
14 | Lepas pectinata Spengler, 1793 | Banda Sea |
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SCALPELLIFORMES | Calanticidae | 15 | Calantica pollicipedoides (Hoek, 1907) | East of Kei Islands |
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16 | Euscalpellum rostratum (Darwin, 1852) | Kei Islands |
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Pollicipedidae | 17 | Capitulum mitella (Linnaeus, 1758) | Ambon, Saparua | Rocks, stone, wall of fortress, port pole and concrete wall | Rumphius (1705), this study | |
Scalpellidae | 18 | Compressoscalpel-lum inflatum (Hoek, 1907) | West of Aru Island |
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19 | Scalpellum fissum Hoek, 1913 | West of Halmahera |
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20 | Scalpellum stearnsi Pilsbry, 1890 | Near Kei Islands |
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Arcoscalpellinae | 21 | Amigdoscalpellum vitreum (Hoek, 1883) | South of Seram, South of Ambon |
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22 | Anguloscalpellum pedunculatum (Hoek, 1883) | Kei Islands |
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23 | Arcoscalpellum cilliatum (Hoek, 1907) | South of Ambon |
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24 | Arcoscalpellum discolor (Hoek, 1907) | Banda Sea |
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25 | Arcoscalpellum sculptum (Hoek, 1907) | Banda Sea |
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26 | Arcoscalpellum sociabile (Annandale, 1905) | Banda Sea |
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SCALPELLIFORMES | Arcoscalpellinae | 27 | Planoscalpellum hexagonum (Hoek, 1907) | Banda Sea |
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28 | Teloscalpellum imbricatum (Hoek, 1907) | Near Kei Islands |
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29 | Trianguloscalpellum balanoides (Hoek, 1883) | Banda Sea |
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30 | Trianguloscalpellum diota (Hoek, 1907) | Near Kei Islands |
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31 | Trianguloscalpellum hamulus (Hoek, 1907) | Kei Islands |
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32 | Trianguloscalpellum hirsutum (Hoek, 1883) | Moluccan Sea |
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33 | Trianguloscalpellum indicum (Hoek, 1883) | Banda Sea |
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34 | Trianguloscalpellum moluccanum (Hoek, 1883) | Banda Sea; West of Aru Island |
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35 | Trianguloscalpellum sessile (Hoek, 1907) | Seram Sea |
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36 | Verum candidum (Hoek, 1907) | Near Kei Islands |
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Meroscalpellinae | 37 | Annandaleum japonicum (Hoek, 1883) | Aru Island |
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38 | Annandaleum laccadivicum (Annandale, 1906) | Kei Islands |
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SESSILIA Verrucomorpha | Verrucidae | 39 | Altiverruca navicula (Hoek, 1913) | Between Seram and New Guinea, Kei Islands, Tanimbar Island |
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40 | Brochiverruca dens (Broch, 1932) | Tanimbar Island |
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41 | Cristallinaverruca cristallina (Gruvel, 1907) | Banda Sea |
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42 | Metaverruca recta (Aurivillius, 1898) | Kei Islands |
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43 | Newmaniverruca albatrossiana (Pilsbry, 1912) | East of Kei Islands, Tanimbar Island |
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44 | Rostratoverruca intexta (Pilsbry, 1912) | Kei Islands, Tanimbar Island |
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45 | Rostratoverruca kruegeri (Broch, 1922) | Kei Islands, Tanimbar Island |
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46 | Verruca capsula Hoek, 1913 | Between Seram and New Guinea |
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Balanomorpha | Pachylasmatidae | 47 | Hexelasma arafurae Hoek, 1913 | Kei Islands,Arafura Sea |
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48 | Hexelasma velutinum Hoek, 1913 | Kei Islands |
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Pachylasmatinae | 49 | Pachylasma integrirostrum Broch, 1931 | Ambon |
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Balanomorpha | Pachylasmatinae | 50 | Pseudoctomeris sulcata (Nilsson-Cantell, 1932) | Ambon | Rocks, shell of Tetraclita squamosa | This study |
Chthamalidae | 51 | Hexechamaesipho pilsbryi (Hiro, 1936) | Ambon | Rocks | This study | |
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52 | Nesochthamalus intertextus (Darwin, 1854) | Ambon | Stone | This study | ||
Euraphiinae | 53 | Europhia hembeli Conrad, 1837 | Ambon | Rocks | This study | |
54 | Microeuraphia withersi (Pilsbry, 1916) | Kei Islands |
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55 | Microeuraphia sp. | Seram Island | Stone, concrete wall at port | This study | ||
Chthamalinae | 56 | Chthamalus malayensis Pilsbry, 1916 | Arafura Sea |
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57 | Chthamalus moro Pilsbry, 1916 | Ambon, Saparua, Seram, Pombo | Mangrove, stone, port pole, mollusc shell, shells of Tetraclita squamosa, Tesseropora rosea, and Capitulum mitella | This study | ||
Tetraclitidae | 58 | Tetraclitella (Eotetraclitella) costata (Darwin, 1854) | Banda |
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Tetraclitellinae | 59 | Tetraclitella divisa (Nilsson-Cantell, 1921) | Ambon | Concrete wall at port | This study | |
60 | Tetraclitella karandei Ross, 1971 | Ambon | Stone, shells of Capitulum mitella and Euraphia hembeli | This study | ||
Tetraclitinae | 61 | Tesseropora rosea (Krauss, 1848) | Ambon, Saparua | Stone, mollusc shell | This study | |
62 | Tetraclita kuroshioensis Chan, Tsang & Chu, 2007 | Ambon, Saparua | Rocks, concrete wall at port | This study | ||
63 | Tetraclita squamosa (Bruguière, 1789) | Ambon, Saparua | Stone, rocks, concrete bridge and wall at port, shipyard. | This study | ||
Newmanellinae | 64 | Yamaguchiella coerulescens (Spengler, 1790) | Banda, Kei Islands, Ambon, Saparua | Stone |
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65 | Neonrosella vitiata (Darwin, 1854) | Ambon, Banda Neira, Saparua | Port pole, reef, stone | This study | ||
66 | Newmanella spinosus Chan & Cheang, 2016 | Ambon | Stone, reef surface | This study | ||
Archaeobalanidae | 67 | Armatobalanus allium (Darwin, 1854) | Banda Sea |
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Archaeobalaninae | 68 | Armatobalanus cepa (Darwin, 1854) | Aru Island |
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69 | Armatobalanus quadrivittatus (Darwin, 1854) | Banda Sea |
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70 | Conopea dentifer (Broch, 1922) | Kei Islands |
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71 | Conopea navicula (Darwin, 1854) | Near Damar Island (South of Halmahera) |
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Balanomorpha | Archaeobalanidae | 72 | Membranobalanus cuneiformis (Hiro, 1936) | Arafura Sea |
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Archaeobalaninae | 73 | Solidobalanus auricoma (Hoek, 1913) | Banda Sea, Ternate, Kei Islands |
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74 | Solidobalanus socialis (Hoek, 1883) | Arafura Sea, Ternate, Kei Islands |
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75 | Striatobalanus amaryllis (Darwin, 1854) | Arafura Sea |
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76 | Striatobalanus kruegeri (Pilsbry, 1916) | Moluccas |
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77 | Striatobalanus tenuis (Hoek, 1883) | Kei Islands, Arafura Sea |
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Bryozobiinae | 78 | Multatria terebratus (Darwin, 1854) | Kei Islands |
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79 | Eoatria quinquevittatus (Hoek, 1913) | Banda Sea, Ambon Island |
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Pyrgomatidae | 80 | Cantellius euspinulosum (Broch, 1931) | Ambon |
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Pyrgomatinae | 81 | Cantellius gregarious (Sowerby, 1823) | Banda Sea |
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82 | Cantellius pallidus (Broch, 1931) | Banda Sea |
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83 | Galkinius indica (Annandale, 1924) | Kei Islands |
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84 | Hoekia fornix Ross & Newman, 1995 | Moluccas |
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85 | Nobia grandis Sowerby, 1839 | Kei Islands |
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86 | Pyrgoma kuri Hoek, 1913 | Kei Islands |
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Balanidae | 87 | Amphibalanus amphitrite (Darwin, 1854) | Ambon, Saparua | Stone, mollusc shell, capitulum of Lepas anserifera | This study | |
Amphibalaninae | 88 | Amphibalanus reticulatus (Utinomi, 1967) | Ambon | Stone, concrete wall at port | This study | |
89 | Amphibalanus variegatus (Darwin, 1854) | Ambon, Saparua | Stone, plastic | This study | ||
90 | Amphibalanus zhujiangensis (Ren, 1989) | Ambon, Saparua, Seram | Stone, capitulum of Lepas anserifera | This study | ||
91 | Amphibalanus sp. | Ambon, Seram | Stone, concrete wall at port | This study | ||
Balaninae | 92 | Balanus arcuatus Hoek, 1913 | Banda |
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93 | Balanus hystrix Hoek, 1913 | Ambon |
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94 | Balanus longirostrum Hoek, 1913 | Bacan |
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Megabalaninae | 95 | Megabalanus occator (Darwin, 1854) | Near Obilatu Island | Coral |
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96 | Megabalanus tintinnabulum (Linnaeus, 1758) | Ambon, Saparua | Conrete bridge at port, stone, reef surface | This study | ||
97 | Megabalanus zebra (Darwin, 1854) | Ambon | Stone, capitulum of Lepas anserifera | This study |
For detailed morphological analyses, all samples were studied at the Museum für Naturkunde in Berlin (
Specimens were studied by the first author. All species were determined based on external shell morphology, including the pattern of the parietes, opercular plates, mouth parts, and arthropodal characters, as described by
Hard body parts (parietes and opercular plates) were separated from soft body parts using a scalpel. Shell plates were separated and cleaned with a bleach solution to remove any organic material, rinsed with fresh water, dried and observed under a stereo microscope (Leica M125) and photographed with a digital camera (Leica Microsystems M205C and Leica Z16 APo-A) (Fig.
The mouthparts (labrum, palps, maxilla, maxillule, and mandible) were dissected using a scalpel, each was mounted on a glass slide and examined under a light microscope (Axioskop 20). The cirri were separated into couples of cirri I–VI and the penis, before being mounted on glass slides. The anatomy of these soft body parts was studied using a light microscope.
All measurements were made using digital callipers (accurate to 0.1 mm; Suppl. material
We performed molecular phylogenetic analyses including new DNA sequences from our new samples from the Moluccas in combination with sequences of multiple barnacle specimens retrieved from GenBank. Our aim with the molecular analyses was not to provide a robust phylogeny of barnacles or to develop DNA barcodes for Moluccan barnacle taxa. Instead, our goal was to confirm the molecular taxonomic identity of the barnacles from the Moluccas with the published sequences in the GenBank, to examine whether they cluster near to congeneric or conspecific accessions. With this exercise we aimed to gain insights into the taxonomic positions of Moluccan barnacles in addition to those we may gain from morphology.
Genomic DNA was extracted from the adductor muscle tissue using CTab isolation buffer following the method of
We sequenced two gene fragments: cytochrome oxidase subunit I (COI), a rapidly evolving gene from the mitochondrial genome; and the 18S ribosomal RNA gene (18S), a slowly evolving and generally highly conserved gene from the ribosome. We chose these markers because of their contrasting evolutionary rates, but also because they have been widely used in barnacle phylogenetic analyses (
COI was sequenced using primers LCO1490 (5’-GGT CAA CAA ATC ATA AAG ATA TTG G-3’) and HCO2198 (5’-TAA ACT TCA GGG TGA CCA AAA AAT CA-3’) (
Chromatograms were edited using CodonCode Aligner version 5.1.5 (http://www.codoncode.com) for COI and Geneious 11 (http://www.geneious.com) for 18S. All new DNA sequences generated for this study are deposited in GenBank under the accession numbers provided in Suppl. material
For comparison, 84 COI sequences and 88 18S sequences of related barnacles were downloaded from GenBank (accession numbers are provided in Figs
Phylogenetic trees were reconstructed for each gene using both Maximum Likelihood (ML) and Bayesian Inference (BI). ML analyses were conducted with RAxML Black Box (
Genetic distances (K2P) were calculated by MEGA version X (
This study provides the most comprehensive overview of barnacle species from the Moluccan islands (Table
Including previous records from the literature, we found a total of 97 species from the Moluccan islands (Table
All specimens obtained from field work, except for one floating specimen, were attached to types of natural and artificial substrates (Table
Class Hexanauplia Oakley, Wolfe, Lindgren & Zaharoff, 2013
Subclass Thecostraca Gruvel, 1905
Infraclass Cirripedia Burmeister, 1834 (= Cirrhipèdes Lamarck, 1806)
Superorder Thoracica Darwin, 1854
Order Lepadiformes Buckeridge & Newman, 2006
Suborder Heteralepadomorpha Newman, 1987
Family Heteralepadidae Nilsson-Cantell, 1921
Genus Heteralepas Pilsbry, 1907
Alepas japonica Aurivillius, 1892: 125: Aurivillius 1894: 28, pl. II figs 14, 15, pl. VIII figs 3, 7, pl. IX fig. 3.
Alepas indica Gruvel, 1901: 259: Gruvel 1905a: 162, fig. 179.
Heteralepas (Heteralepas) japonica: Pilsbry 1907a: 101.
Heteralepas (Heteralepas) japonica var. alba Krüger, 1911a: 34, pl. 1 fig. 2b.
Heteralepas (Heteralepas) dubia Broch, 1922: 288, fig. 38.
Heteralepas japonica: Pilsbry 1911a: 71, fig. 4; Zevina et al. 1992: 31, fig. 19;
Deep-Sea
: 32 specimens,
Capitulum rounded without hard valves and opercular plates, wall of capitulum tick with crest not more than two on the carinal region; cirrus I with filamentary appendage at the basal region; anterior rami shorter than posterior rami in cirri V–VI; caudal appendage present; maxillule strongly notched.
Orifice slightly protuberant, crenulated, occupying one half to one third capitular length, parallel to or at oblique angle to capitulum; integument thick, chitinous; carinal margin sometimes with warty protuberances on slight keel; peduncle naked; colour of capitulum and peduncle yellowish (Fig.
Heteralepas japonica (Aurivillius, 1892) (
Heteralepas japonica is widely distributed in Indo-west Pacific: Indian Ocean; Australia; Singapore, Malacca Str., Indonesia; Malay Archipelago; Vietnam; Condor Island; S China Sea; E China Sea; Taiwan, Philippines; S Japan; NE New Zealand; fouling hard rock substrata, crabs, gorgonians, antipatharians, deep-sea cables; 48–500 m (
The external appearance of this species is extremely variable (
Family Lepadidae Darwin, 1852
Genus Dosima Gray, 1825
Lepas fascicularis
Ellis & Solander, 1786: 197, tab. 15 fig. 6;
Lepas fascicularis aurivillii Nilsson-Cantell, 1921: 238, fig. 40b.
Lepas cygnea Spengler, 1790: pl. 6 fig. 8.
Pentalasmis spirulicola, P. donovani Leach, 1818: 413.
Pentalasmis fascicularis: Brown 1844: pl. 51 fig. 2.
Lepas fasciculatus: Pilsbry 1907: 81, pl. IX fig.6.
Lepas (Dosima) fascicularis:
Dosima fascicularis: Gray 1825: 100; Zevina 1982: 21, fig. 11.
Ambon Island
: 19 specimens,
The only pelagic barnacle with its own gas-filled float; plates very thin and paper-like; carina angle bent with a prominent umbo and expanded basal disk; cirri acanthopod.
Five capitular plates, white, thin, delicate, wide interspaces between dark purple; base of carina almost round, not imbedded in membrane, distinct angle formed at sub-central carinal umbo peduncle short, naked (Fig.
Dosima fascicularis is cosmopolitan in tropical and temperate seas (
Dosima fascicularis is the only pelagic barnacle that produces its own gas-filled float enabling it to sustain itself on the sea surface (
Subgenus Anatifa Bruguière, 1789
Anatifa striata Bruguière, 1789: pl. 166 fig. 3.
Pentalasmis anseriferus: Brown 1844: pl. 51 fig. 1.
Lepas anserifera
Linnaeus, 1767: 1109;
Ambon Island
: 5 specimens,
Capitulum with five completely calcified plates; surfaces striated with radiating lines; scuta with conspicuous growth lines; scutal margin of terga without notch, occluding margin of scutum strongly convex and swollen; carina apex extending to tergum, base of carina forked; filamentary appendages and caudal appendage present.
Five capitular plates, closely approximate, white, slightly furrowed, terga sometimes strongly pectinated, occluding margin arched, protuberant (Fig.
Lepas anserifera Linnaeus, 1767 (
Lepas anserifera is a cosmopolitan, pelagic species occurring in tropical and temperate oceans (
Lepas anserifera can be easily recognized by the presence and positions of the 5–6 filamentary appendages and the curved caudal appendages (
Suborder Scalpellomorpha Newman, 1987
Family Pollicipedidae Leach, 1817
Genus Capitulum Gray, 1825
Lepas mitella Linnaeus, 1758: 668.
Pollicipes mitella: Sowerby 1833: fig. 2;
Polylepas mitella: Blainville 1824: pl. 1 fig. 5.
Mitella mitella: Pilsbry 1907: 6; Annandale 1916: 128, pl. 12 fig. 1.
Capitulum mitella: Gray 1825: 101; Foster 1980: 209;
Ambon Island
: 10 specimens,
18S (MK981390).
Capitulum with more than 18 plates, all with apical umbones; lateral plates numerous and only one big plate under the rostrum; scales of the peduncle symmetrically arranged in close whorls.
Capitulum fan-shaped, with eight large plates, basal ring of 18–25 smaller plates, all plates yellowish, umbos apical; peduncle covered by numerous yellowish, fine scales (Fig.
Capitulum mitella (Linnaeus, 1758) (
Capitulum mitella is the famous Japanese goose barnacle or ‘kame-no-te’ (meaning the hand of the turtle, referring to its shape). This barnacle is edible and sold as an expensive seafood in Japan, China, Taiwan, and Korea, as well as in Portugal and Spain, where it is known as ‘percebes’.
Suborder Balanomorpha Pilsbry, 1916
Family Pachylasmatidae Utinomi, 1968
Subfamily Pachylasmatinae Utinomi, 1968
Genus Pseudoctomeris Poltarukha, 1996
Octomeris sulcata
Nillson-Cantell, 1932: 8;
Pseudoctomeris sulcata:
Ambon Island
: 4 specimens,
Shell with eight plates; compound rostrum; scutum and tergum fused; mandible tridentate; multi-jointed caudal appendage present.
Shell externally white, internally black; eight plated, rostrum partially fused with rostrolaterals giving external appearance of six plates (Fig.
Pseudoctomeris sulcata was previously recorded from southern Japan, China, and Taiwan (
Externally, the fused rostrum and rostrolaterals are six-plated, but the sutures are visible internally (
Family Chthamalidae Darwin, 1854
Subfamily Notochthamalinae Foster & Newman, 1987
Genus Hexechamaesipho Poltarukha, 1996
Chthamalus pilsbryi Hiro, 1936: 227, fig. 3.
Euraphia pilsbryi: Newman & Ross, 1976: 41.
Hexechamaesipho pilsbryi:
Ambon Island
: 20 specimens,
Shell with six plates; surface grey with black spots scattered; scutum and tergum deeply interlock forming a sinuous line; cirri I and II with multi-cuspid setae.
Surface of parietes grey or light brown in colour and spotted with black; orifice rhomboidal (Fig.
Previously, Hexechamaesipho pilsbryi was reported from Japan (Honshu, Shimoda, Wakayama, Okinawa); Taiwan (Turtle Island, Da Xiang Lang, Shi Ti Ping, Kenting); Philippines (Puerto Galera, Tiwi-Bicol, Boracay); Malaysia (Nexus Beach, Kota Kinnabalu, Sabah) (
Hexechamaesipho pilsbryi was first identified from Japan as Chthamalus pilsbryi Hiro, 1936. However, due to the presence of three large teeth on the mandible, a characteristic of the subfamily Euraphiinae, the species was placed in the genus Euraphia (
Chthamalus intertextus
Darwin, 1854: 467, pl. 19 figs 1a, b; Dong et al. 1982: 82;
Euraphia intertextus: Newman & Ross, 1976: 41; Zevina et al. 1992: 79, fig. 53.
Nesochthamalus intertextus: Foster & Newman, 1987: 326, fig. 3;
Ambon Island
: 5 specimens,
Shell depressed with large diamond-shaped orifice; scutum and tergum fused; external radii consist of oblique laminae arising on both sides of the sutures, standing nearly parallel to the parietes, interfolding with each other; cirri II and III with multi-cuspid setae.
Shell with six plates, oval, flattened, colour of external shell white to pale grey, interior of shell violet; orifice rhomboidal; parietal sutures with conspicuous interlocking pattern (Fig.
Nesochthamalus intertextus is known from islands in the West and Central Pacific Ocean – Indonesia, New Guinea, Malaysia to Vietnam; China; Taiwan; Philippines; Japan; Hawaii; Pitcairn I (
Nesochthamalus intertextus can be distinguished by the conspicuous interlocking pattern exhibited by the parietal sutures and features of the basis, which is membranous in young specimens but becomes secondarily calcified with age, leaving a membranous centre only (Poltarukha 2008;
Subfamily Euraphiinae Newman & Ross, 1976
Genus Euraphia Conrad, 1837
Chthamalus hembeli
Darwin, 1854: 465, fig. 5a–5d;
Euraphia hembeli
Conrad, 1837: 261, pl.20 fig.6;
Ambon Island
: 1 specimen,
Shell with interlocking teeth between plates; base with a true calcareous and complete secondary calcification; scutum higher than wide and interlocked but not concrescent with tergum.
Shell with six plates, parietes symmetrical, calcareous, solid, separable, due to coarsely serrate sutures with interlocking toothed structure (Fig.
Euraphia hembeli has been recorded from the Mediterranean, West Africa, Indian Ocean: Ceylon; Andaman Sea, Cocos-Keeling Islands; Malay Archipelago (Sunda Islands); Pacific Ocean (Japan; Caroline Islands; Hawaiian Islands, California (
Euraphia hembeli has a true calcareous basis and complete secondary calcification on its parietal wall and basis (
Seram Island
: 2 specimens,
Shell small with six thin plates; basis membranous; scutum and tergum remain articulated, scutum higher than wide; mandible tridentate; caudal appendage absent; one individual with two penises.
Shell brownish (Fig.
Microeuraphia sp. (
In this study, Microeuraphia sp. was found on Seram Island (at Pantai Waimeteng, Piru) (a map with the occurrence of Microeuraphia sp. in the Moluccas is shown in Suppl. material
Microeuraphia sp. clustered as a unit, forming a well-supported clade in the COI tree (Fig.
Subfamily Chthamalinae Darwin, 1854
Genus Chthamalus Ranzani, 1817
Chthamalus malayensis: Utinomi 1954: 18–21 (part.); Karande and Palekar 1963 (part.);
Chthamalus moro
Pilsbry, 1916: 311;
non Chthamalus moro Broch, 1922: 307 (part.);
non Chthamalus moro Nilsson-Cantell, 1934: 50 (a euraphiid).
non Chthamalus moro Poltarukha, 2001b: 160 (= C. malayensis).
Ambon Island
: 2 specimens,
Shell with six plates; rostrum and carina with radii; rostral lateral lacking radii; carinal lateral absent; base membranous; conical spines on cirrus I absent; basal guard on apex setae of cirrus II absent.
Shell white to grey, surface with strong, radiating lines, orifice elliptical (Fig.
Chthamalus moro is widely distributed in the Indo-Pacific-Indonesia, Philippines, Taiwan, Xisha Islands, Ryukyu Islands, Palau, Mariana Islands, Caroline Islands, Fiji, and Samoa (
Species of the genus Chthamalus are very difficult to distinguish in the field. Chthamalus moro has a stellate appearance and is smaller than C. malayensis (
Family Tetraclitidae Gruvel, 1903
Subfamily Tetraclitellinae Newman & Ross, 1976
Genus Tetraclitella Hiro, 1939
Subgenus Tetraclitella Hiro, 1939
Tetraclita divisa Nilsson-Cantell, 1921: 362, fig. 83, pl. 3 fig. 11.
Tetraclitella (Tetraclitella) divisa:
Tetraclitella divisa: Ross 1968: 13; Dong et al. 1982: 111; Foster 1974: 45, figs 6E–F, 7E- F; Bacon et al. 1984: 86; Paulay and Ross 2003: 308;
Ambon Island
: 1 specimen,
Shell with four plates, flattened, not strongly articulated; radii tubiferous; summit of radii horizontal; tergal spur well separated from scutal margin.
Shell depressed, covered by furry chitinous integument; shell plates with prominent radiating ribs; radii wide, porose, tubes running parallel to base of shell; colour of shell pale purplish; orifice diamond shaped (Fig.
Tetraclitella divisa was previously recorded from Western Africa, Java, Malaysia, Sumatra, Northern Australia, Singapore, South China Sea, China, Taiwan, Japan, the Pacific Ocean to Hawaii and Pitcairn (
Tetraclita divisa exhibits a brooded phase to the cypris larval stage in the mantle cavity, whereas most other species release the first stage nauplius (
Tetraclitella (Tetraclitella) karandei: Ross & Perreault, 1999: 6.
Tetraclitella karandei
Ross, 1971: 217, figs 2–3, 4A–J; Newmann and Ross 1979: 47;
Ambon Island
: 10 specimens,
Shell with four plates, tubiferous, not strongly articulated; radii tubiferous; summit of radii horizontal and elevated above the surface of the parietes; parietes with longitudinal ribs; scutum with nodose ornamentation.
Shell with orifice diamond shaped, colour greyish (Fig.
Tetraclitella karandei Ross, 1971 (
Tetraclitella karandei was previously recorded from India, Taiwan, the Philippine (
Tetraclitella karandei can be distinguished by its radii, which are broad and have extended out and over the adjoining plates. The scutum is also unique because it has nodose ornamentation (
Genus Tesseropora Pilsbry, 1916
Conia rosea Krauss, 1848: 136.
Tetraclita rosea
Darwin, 1854: 335, pl.10 fig. 3a–3d;
Tesseropora rosea
Newman & Ross, 1976: 47;
Ambon Island
: 6 specimens,
COI gene (MK995370).
Shell with four plates; wall of the parietes with a single row of parietal pore; orifice with traces of pink in colour; oral cone relatively broad; mouthparts relatively large.
Shell steeply conical, whitish tinged pink, with longitudinal purple pinkish striations (Fig.
Tesseropora rosea was originally described from a specimen collected at Algoa Bay, South Africa (
According to
Tetraclita squamosa viridis: Hiro 1936b: 635.
Tetraclita squamosa squamosa: Utinomi 1968a: 178.
Tetraclita pacifica
Tetraclita kuroshioensis
Ambon Island
: 1 specimen,
Shell conical with four plates, tubiferous; radii solid; tergum broad, apex not beaked.
Shell with four inseparable, multi-tubiferous plates, greyish black to purplish-grey or deep green to green, surfaces with mosaic scales pattern radiating randomly from base to apex, internal surface of parietes smooth, white with dark grey striations around aperture; radii solid (Fig.
Tetraclita kuroshioensis was previously recorded from Japan, Taiwan, Palau, and Thailand (
Tetraclita kuroshioensis and T. squamosa share great morphological similarity. However, DNA sequences separate the two species (
Balanus squamosus Bruguière, 1789: 170, pl. 165 figs 9, 10.
Lepas fungites Spengler, 1790: 189.
Lepas porosa Gmelin, 1791: 3212; Wood 1815: pl. 9 fig. 4.
Tetraclita squamulosa Schumacher, 1817: 91.
Asemus porosus: Ranzani 1820: pl. 3 figs 32–35.
Conia porosa: Sowerby 1823: pl. 1.
Tetraclita porosa var. (3) viridis Darwin, 1854a: 329.
Tetraclita porosa viridis:
Tetraclita squamosa squamosa:
Tetraclita squamosa forma viridis: Broch 1922: 337.
Tetraclita squamosa viridis: Hiro 1936b: 635.
Tetraclita porosa perfecta Nilsson-Cantell, 1931a: 133, pl. II fig. 8a–e.
Tetraclita squamosa: Stebbing 1910: 570; Ren and Liu 1979: 339, pl. 1 figs 1–11;
Ambon Island
: 17 specimens,
Shell conical with four plates, tubiferous; radii solid; tergum narrow, concaved, apex beaked.
Shell consisting of four fused, inseparable plates (Fig.
Tetraclita squamosa (Bruguiére, 1789) (
Tetraclita squamosa is widespread in the Indo-Pacific region, Australia, South China coast, and Taiwan (Newman 1978;
Tetraclita squamosa has characteristic green parietes (
Genus Yamaguchiella Ross & Perreault, 1999
Lepas coerulescens Spengler, 1790: 191.
Tetraclita coerulescens:
Yamaguchiella (Yamaguchiella) coerulescens:
Ambon Island
: 13 specimens,
18S (MK981381).
Shell with the upper part tinged greenish-blue, longitudinally ribbed; radii moderately wide, with their summits oblique; scutum with a small adductor and extremely prominent articular ridge, united together and forms a small sub-cylindrical cavity; tergum with the spur not joined to the basi-scutal angle.
Shell low conical to cylindro-conic (Fig.
Yamaguchiella coerulescens was previously recorded from the Indo-west Pacific: the Indian Ocean, Bay of Bengal, Mergui Archipelago, Kei Islands, Banda Island, Malay Archipelago, Sulu Archipelago, Vietnam, China, Philippines, Goram Island, Palao Island, and Taiwan (
The subgenus Yamaguchiella was proposed by
Subgenus Neonrosella Jones, 2010
Tetraclita vitiata Darwin, 1854: 340, pl. 11 fig. 3a–e.
Tetraclita (Tetraclita) vitiata: Rosell 1972: 214.
Newmanella vitiata: Ikeya and Yamaguchi 1993: 93;
Yamaguchiella (Rosella) vitiata: Ross & Perreault, 1999: 5.
Yamaguchiella (Neonrosella) vitiata: Jones 2010: 214.
Neonrosella vitiata:
Ambon Island
: 3 specimens,
18S (MK981384).
Parietes low with wall spreading; peritreme slightly toothed; base calcareous with two rows of irregular shape and size of parietal tubes; tergum with broad spur; lateral scutal depressor crests numerous and deep; five toothed mandibles; segments of posterior cirri with four pairs spines.
Shell four plated, conical, whitish with spots of purple in upper part (Fig.
Neonrosella vitiata was previously recorded from the Indo-west Pacific, Indian Ocean, Nicobar Island to Australia, Indonesia, Malay Archipelago, Sulu Archipelago, Philippines, and the Pacific Ocean (
Neonrosella vitiata can be distinguished by its irregular parietal tubes, the shape of the terga, the five toothed mandibles and four pairs of spines on the segments of the posterior cirri (
Newmanella radiata: Chan et al. 2009: 199, fig. 170.
Newmanella
sp.
Newmanella spinosus
Chan & Cheang, 2016: 212, figs 9–15;
Ambon Island
: 5 specimens,
Shell low conical to cylindro-conical; parietes discrete; base calcareous; radii broad; scutum with very deep depressor muscle crests; cirrus II and cirrus IV having numerous triangular spines; fourth and fifth teeth of mandible separated; cutting edge of maxillule below notch protruding; intromittent organ of penis lacking basi-dorsal point.
Shell low conical, four plates externally greyish in colour, parietes with deep longitudinal, radiating lines from base to apex, internally with multiple rows of irregular parietal tubes (Fig.
Newmanella spinosus was previously recorded from Japan, Taiwan, Philippines, and Thailand (
Newmanella spinosus is morphologically close to Newmanella radiata but it can be distinguished by the morphology of the scutum, tergum, cirrus II, mandible and maxillule. N. spinosus also has numerous spines on its cirri, especially on cirrus II, which is different from N. radiata (
Subfamily Amphibalaninae Pitombo, 2004
Genus Amphibalanus Pitombo, 2004
Balanus amphitrite
Darwin, 1854: 240 (part.), pl. 5. figs 2a–d, i–k, m–o; Weltner 1897:264;
Balanus amphitrite var. (1) communis Darwin, 1854: 240, pl. 5 fig. 2e, h, l.
Balanus amphitrite communis:
Balanus amphitrite forma hawaiiensis Broch, 1922: 314, fig. 56 (part.).
Balanus amphitrite forma denticulata Broch, 1927b: 133, fig. 14 (part.).
Balanus amphitrite hawaiiensis: Hiro 1937c: 432, figs 20, 21.
Balanus amphitrite cochinensis Nilsson-Cantell, 1938b: 43, fig. 11a–e.
Balanus amphitrite var. fluminensis Oliveira, 1941: 21, pl. 4 fig. 4, pl. 5 figs 1, 2, pl. 8 figs 1–5.
Balanus amphitrite var. aeratus Oliveira, 1941: 22, pl. 4 fig. 5, pl. 9 figs 1–4.
Balanus amphitrite herzi Rogers, 1949: 8, pl. 1 figs 6, 12–15.
Balanus amphitrite franciscanus Rogers, 1949: 9, pl. 1 figs 5, 7, 16–19.
Balanus amphitrite var. columnarius Tarasov & Zevina, 1957: 179, 184, fig. 68 a–e.
Balanus amphitrite denticulata Henry, 1959: 192, pl. 1 fig. 5, pl. 3 fig. 7, upper row right.
Balanus amphitrite amphitrite: Harding 1962: 274, pl. 1a–g, pl. 2a–k; Dong et al. 1982: 90, fig. A–E; Rosell 1981: 302.
Balanus amphitrite var. hawaiiensis: Stubbings 1963b: 15.
Amphibalanus amphitrite: Pitombo 2004: 263, 274, figs 2A, B, 7A, B, 8C;
Ambon Island
: 4 specimens,
Primary parietal tubes with transverse septa; exterior of shell with longitudinal purple striations, horizontal striations absent; tergum short with wide spur; cirri III–VI with erect teeth below posterior angles of distal; cirrus III without complex setae.
Shell six plated, conical, round;, externally smooth, white with groups of well-spaced, dark purple vertical stripes, horizontal striations on shell surface absent (Fig.
Amphibalanus amphitrite is commonly found on beaches and in estuaries, lives attached to harsh natural substrate, such as bedrock, rocks, shells of molluscs, as well as the roots and trunks of mangrove trees. Many specimens also stick to artificial substrates, such as ship hulls and the walls and pillars of docks. Amphibalanus amphitrite is spread globally tropical and subtropical waters (
Amphibalanus amphitrite is difficult to distinguish from two other members of the subgenus Balanus, i.e., Balanus crenatus Bruguière, 1789 and Balanus trigonus Darwin, 1854. However, A. amphitrite can usually be distinguished from the other species by the multi-denticulated labrum and also by the colour pattern of the parietes and sheath (
Balanus amphitrite var. (1) communis Darwin, 1854: 240, pl. 5 fig. 2e, h, l (part.).
Balanus amphitrite forma communis: Broch 1922: 314 (part.).
Balanus amphitrite forma hawaiiensis Broch, 1922: 314 (part.).
Balanus amphitrite communis: Hiro 1938a: 301, fig. 1a, b.
Balanus amphitrite cirratus: Zevina and Tarasov 1963: 89, fig. 10a–e.
Balanus amphitrite var. variegatus: Stubbings 1963a: 329, fig. 2a–e.
Balanus amphitrite variety: Southward and Crisp 1963: 43, fig. 23.
Balanus amphitrite tesselatus Utinomi, 1964: 52, pl. 26 fig. 11.
Balanus amphitrite var. denticulata: Karande & Palekar, 1966: 145, fig. 7, pl.1 fig. 7, pl. 4 row 5 (part.).
Balanus variegatus tesselatus Utinomi & Kikuchi, 1966: 5.
Balanus amphitrite amphitrite:
Balanus reticulatus: Utinomi 1967: 216, figs 9a, b, 10a, b, 11a–e, pl. 6 figs 7, 8 (part.); Dong et al. 1982: 91, fig. A–C; Zevina et al. 1992: 92, fig. 63; Puspasari et al. 2001b.
Amphibalanus reticulatus: Pitombo 2004: 274;
Ambon Island
: 5 specimens,
Primary parietal tubes with transverse septa; exterior of shell with longitudinal and horizontal striations; anterior margin of cirrus III with conical denticles, erect hooks below posterior angles of distal articles of rami present.
Shell conic or cylindric; six parietal plates, externally smooth, white with groups of well-spaced purple, or purple-pink vertical stripes intersecting with transverse striations (Fig.
Amphibalanus reticulatus (Utinomi, 1967) (
Amphibalanus reticulatus is native to the Indo-Pacific region and has been introduced by shipping to tropical-subtropical waters of the Eastern Pacific (
In this study, A. reticulatus was found on the islands of Ambon (at the port of Yos Sudarso) on stone and concrete wall of the port (a map with the occurrence of Amphibalanus reticulatus in the Moluccas is shown in Suppl. material
Amphibalanus reticulatus can be confused with A. amphitrite. However, the shell of A. reticulatus exhibits clear vertical and horizontal striations, whilst A. amphitrite shows only vertical purple striations on all shell plates (
Balanus amphitrite var. (8) variegatus Darwin, 1854: 241.
Balanus amphitrite var. stutsburi Krüger, 1914: 437.
Balanus concavus sinensis Broch, 1931: 63, fig. 23.
Balanus amphitrite rafflesia Nilsson-Cantell, 1934a: 64.
Balanus amphitrite var. cirratus: Pope 1945: 362, pl. 28 fig. 6, pl. 29 fig. 6, pl. 30 figs 13, 14.
Balanus amphitrite cirratus: Skerman 1960: 610, figs 1, 3 (nonBalanus amphitrite cirratus Darwin, 1854).
Balanus variegatus: Harding 1962: 291, pl. 10 figs a–k; Zevina et al. 1992: 92, fig. 64.
Balanus variegatus var. cirratus: Pope 1966: 179.
Balanus amphitrite: Foster 1967: 83 (part.).287.
Balanus kondakovi: Henry & McLaughlin 1975: 78 (part., New Zealand specimens; nonB. kondakovi Tarasov & Zevina, 1957).
Balanus variegatus variegatus: Foster 1979: 111, fig. 67, pl. 14b.
Balanus cirratus: Ren & Liu, 1978: 145, figs 14, 15 (1–13), pl. 4 figs 15–20, pl. 5 figs 1–6.non Balanus amphitrite variegatus: Nilsson-Cantell 1934a: 60.
non Balanus variegatus: Henry & McLaughlin 1975: 78, fig. 17, pls. 6, 7; Utinomi 1968b: 171 (= B. cirratus).
Amphibalanus variegatus: Pitombo 2004: 274; Horikoshi and Okamoto 2005: 49, fig.3.
Ambon Island
: 15 specimens,
Primary parietal tubes with transverse septa; exterior of shell with longitudinal and horizontal striations; anterior margin of cirrus III without conical denticles, erect hooks below posterior angles of distal articles of rami absent.
Shell steeply conical, tubular in crowded populations; six parietal plates, smooth, thin, brownish purple externally with longitudinal stripes crosshatched by transverse bands, single row of internal tubes (Fig.
Amphibalanus variegatus (Darwin, 1854) (
Amphibalanus variegatus has been reported from the Indo-west Pacific: Bay of Bengal; Sumatra; New Zealand, Australia; Indonesia; Singapore; Vietnam; Gulf of Siam; Hong Kong; W Kyushu; Vladivostok; and is a common fouling species (
Amphibalanus variegatus is a member of the Balanus amphitrite complex, whose members can be difficult to distinguish morphologically. Amphibalanus variegatus can be differentiated by its vesicular sheath, and from A. reticulatus by features of the tergum, armature of cirrus II and the lack of erect teeth below the posterior distal angles of cirri III–VI (
Balanus zhujiangensis Ren, 1989a: 467, fig. 2 (1–14).
Amphibalanus zhujiangensis: Pitombo 2004: 274;
Ambon Island
: 10 specimens,
Primary parietal tubes without transverse septa; exterior of shell with longitudinal striations; scutum without adductor ridge, external surface scutum with row of pits; anterior margin of cirri III with conical denticles, erect hooks below posterior angles of distal articles of rami present; cirrus IV with erect hooks on posterodistal angles of articles.
Shell six-plated, conic, purplish-white with longitudinal stripes of purple, not cross-hatched by transverse striations; parietes externally smooth, parietal tubes lacking transverse septa and subsidiary tubes; radii wide with slightly oblique summits; orifice rhomboidal, toothed (Fig.
Amphibalanus zhujiangensis was first recorded from the estuary of the Zhujiang River, South China Sea (
The presence of a row of pits on the external surface of the scutum and the absence of an adductor ridge on the scutum are diagnostic for A. zhujiangensis. The species can be distinguished from A. variegatus by characters of the shell, cirri III and cirri IV; on A. reticulatus by characters of the shell and first maxilla. Amphibalanus zhujiangensis is distinct from A. thailandicus in lacking transverse septa in the longitudinal tubes and a notch on the first maxilla (
Ambon Island
: 1 specimen,
Primary parietal tubes with transverse septa, exterior of shell with longitudinal striations; orifice toothed; scutum without adductor ridge; anterior margin of cirri III with conical denticles, erect hooks below posterior angles of distal articles of rami present; cirrus IV with erect hooks on posterodistal angles of articles; basidorsal of penis absent.
Shell six-plated, conical, whitish with dark purple transverse stripes (Fig.
Amphibalanus sp. (
In this study, Amphibalanus sp. was found on Ambon (at Talake and Waitatiri) and Seram islands (at Dermaga Pelita Jaya) (a map with the occurrence of Amphibalanus sp. in the Moluccas is shown in Suppl. material
In the molecular phylogeny, Amphibalanus sp. forms a well-supported clade in both, the COI and the 18S tree (Figs
Genus Megabalanus Hoek, 1913
Balani Rhumphius, 1705: 121, pl. 41 figs A, C, D.
Balanus tintinnabuliformis laevis Lang, 1772: 4.
Balanus cylindraceus unicum thalamum efformans, magnis ventricosus Gaultierus, 1742: un-numbered page, pl. 106, fig. H. Glands de mer de la grande espèce Dezallier d’Argenville, 1742: 364, pl. 30 fig. A; 1757: 364, pl. 26 fig. A.
Lepas Tintinnabulum Linnaeus, 1758: 668; Chemnitz 1785 (part.): pl. 97 figs 830, 831 (non figs 828, 829).
Lepas calyciformis orientalis Ellis, 1758: 845, pl. 34 figs 8, 9.
Balanus tintinnabulum: Bruguière 1789 (part.): 165; Holthuis and Heerebout 1972: 24, pl. 1.
Lepas tintinnabulum: Wood 1815: 38, pl. 6 figs 1, 2.
Lepas spinosa Wood, 1815 (part.): pl. 7 fig. 4 (large shell only; small shells = M. spinosus).
Balanus tintinnabulum var. (1) communis Darwin, 1854: 195, pl. 1 figs a, b, f supra, pl. 2 figs 1 a, 1 c–e, 1 i, 1 k.
Balanus tintinnabulum var. communis: Gruvel 1905a: 21.
Balanus tintinnabulum tintinnabulum:
Balanus tintinnabulum antillensis Pilsbry, 1916: 63, pl. 13 figs 1, 2 e.
Balanus (Megabalanus) tintinnabulum forma communis Broch, 1931: 56.
Balanus tintinnabulum var. tintinnabulum; Oliveira 1941: 11, fig. 1, pl. 2 figs 1, 2, pl. 4 fig. 1, pl. 5 fig. 3, pl. 8 fig. 6.
Megabalanus antillensis Newman & Ross, 1976: 67.
Balanus (Megabalanus) tintinnabulum tintinnabulum: Ren & Liu, 1978: 121, fig. 1, pl. 1 figs 1–5.
non Lepas tintinnabulum: Spengler 1790: 180 [= Megabalanus occator (Darwin, 1854)]
non Lepas tintinnabulum var. a: Spengler 1790: 181 (incertae sedis).
non Lepas tintinnabulum var. b: Spengler 1790: 182 [= Striatobalanus amaryllis (Darwin, 1854)]
non Lepas tintinnabulum: Chemnitz 1785: pl. 97, figs 828, 829 [= Austromegabalanus nigrescens (Lamarck, 1818)].
non Balanus tintinnabulum: Chenu 1843: pl. 2 fig. 8, pl. 3 fig. 5, pl. 2 fig. 8 [= Megabalanus ajax (Darwin, 1854)]; pl. 3 fig. 5 [= Megabalanus tulipiformis (Darwin, 1854)].
non Balanus tintinnabulum var. communis: Krüger 1911a: 46, pl. 3 figs 31 a1–31 b2 [= Megabalanus volcano Pilsbry, 1916)].
non Balanus (Megabalanus) tintinnabulum: Withers 1924: pl.6 figs 4–7 [= Megabalanus linzei (Foster, 1979)].
non Balanus tintinnabulum antillensis Pilsbry, 1927: 38, fig. 3 a–c [= Megabalanus stultus (Darwin, 1854)]
non Balanus tintinnabulum tintinnabulum: Linzey 1942: 279 [= Megabalanus linzei (Foster, 1979)].
non Balanus tintinnabulum: Foster 1967: 81, fig. 2a, b [= Megabalanus linzei (Foster, 1979)].
Megabalanus tintinnabulum: Newman & Ross, 1976: 68; Henry & McLaughlin 1986: 17, figs 1e, 2a, g, h, 3a–c, 5 a–l; Zevina et al. 1992: 99, fig. 67; Pitombo 2004: 175;
Ambon Island
: 3 specimens,
Shell relatively large, lightly ribbed; radii wide; surface smooth without spines; tergum wider than scutum with spur narrow and long, crests for depressor muscle weakly to moderately well developed.
Shell cylindrical to conical, parietes purplish, smooth, with longitudinal purple striations, tubiferous (Fig.
Megabalanus tintinnabulum is a cosmopolitan species and widely distributed worldwide (
The name Megabalanus was given by
Balanus tintinnabulum var. (4) zebra Darwin, 1854: 195. pl. 1 fig. g.
Balanus tintinnabulum zebra:
Balanus tintinnabulum var. zebra Karande & Palekar, 1966: 143, pl. I, fig. 2.
Megabalanus zebra: Newman & Ross, 1976: 69;
Ambon Island
: 4 specimens,
Parietes reddish purple with strong longitudinal white ribs; radii and sheath dark purple to reddish brown; scutum with narrow tergal segment slightly inflected; tergum approximately as wide as scutum, crest for depressor muscle prominent.
Shell conic, six-plated; parietes smooth, purple with well-developed white ribs and dark purple interspaces; radii wide, summits horizontal, white with dark purple spots on proximal side (Fig.
Megabalanus zebra is a well-known fouling species of ship hulls, floating structures, moveable oil platforms, etc., and has been widely recorded from the Atlantic Ocean; W Africa; Indo-west Pacific: Indian Ocean; Australia; Thailand; China; Philippines; Taiwan (
Megabalanus zebra can be distinguished from other species in the Megabalanus group by, for example, the inflection of the tergal segment of the scutum and the position of the spur (
In total, we produced 120 new sequences for this study (COI = 62 sequences, 18S = 58 sequences; Suppl. material
In general, support values (bootstrap and posterior probability) were low for both markers, with the majority of internal nodes receiving support values below 50% bootstrap or 0.5 posterior probability. However, there are several highly supported nodes throughout (> 70% bootstrap; > 0.85 posterior probability), which allow us to gain insights into the evolutionary history of the group. In general, and as expected, COI (Fig.
The vast majority of new samples from the Moluccas produced in this study matched sequences from the same species that are available on GenBank. For example, DNA sequence of our Heteralepas japonica matched the sequence of H. japonica EU884146.1 and EU884169.1 from
Two taxa for which we sequenced multiple accessions, but for which we could not assign a species name, were retrieved in positions on the tree that lead us to propose these may constitute new unidentified species. The first one is Amphibalanus sp., clustering as a unit in both COI and 18S trees (Figs
The K2P distances within Microeuraphia sp. were 1.74%±0.51% for the COI sequences. The K2P distances between Microeuraphia sp. and other species ranged from 10.90% to 22.70%; and overall averaged distances between the species and other species were 13.82% (Suppl. material
Bayesian phylogeny of 18S gene sequences. High Bayesian posterior probabilities (≥ 0.85) are indicated by an asterisk at the respective node. Families with relevance for this study are highlighted by coloured rectangles. Sample labels in red indicate sequences newly generated for this study. Species names in bold indicate potential new species.
Bayesian phylogeny of COI gene sequences. High Bayesian posterior probabilities (≥ 0.85) are indicated by an asterisk at the respective node. Families with relevance for this study are highlighted by coloured rectangles. Sample labels in red indicate sequences newly generated for this study. Species names in bold indicate potential new species.
This checklist lists 97 species, including 23 new records the Moluccas and two of which still await their species descriptions. The past record on barnacles from these islands dates back to the Challenger (1872–1876) and Siboga (1899–1900) expeditions (
A comparison of the number of species previously recorded from Ambon, Seram, and Banda by
The molecular results also indicate that the barnacle fauna of the region is understudied. In addition to evidence for two potentially new species (see above), the generic assignment of some described species is also challenged. For example, Amphibalanus zhujiangensis was found to be more closely related to Megabalanus than to other Amphibalanus species, suggesting the need to conduct in-depth research on this species to clarify its taxonomy. However, we must caution against over interpretation of our phylogenetic trees, because the markers we used revealed low node support overall.
The molecular phylogeny failed to reveal any biogeographic pattern of barnacles from the Moluccas, which is not surprising given the limited scope of sampling. These points all underline again the necessity of a more comprehensive approach to sampling in the region as well as the need to explore more molecular markers for a truly integrative taxonomy of barnacles, not just in the Moluccas.
The first author would like to thank Prof. Frank Riedel from the Freie Universität Berlin for his general support. Daniel Josep Tala, Ading, Nurul Fitriya, Doni Nurdiansah, M. Masrur Islami, and Frilla R. Saputra (all LIPI) for supporting the sampling of barnacles in Indonesia; Bani Wahyudi and Abdul Basit for their support and comments on picture editing. Thanks to Robert Schreiber, Philipp Vogt, Christine Zorn, Bernhard Schurian, Lukas Kirschey, Dr. Christian Mitgutsch, and Anke Sänger (all MfN Berlin) for supporting the molecular, morphological, and logistic work progress at the Museum für Naturkunde Berlin. We would like to thank the head of crustacean collections at
This study was funded by the Ministry of Research, Technology and Higher Education, the Republic of Indonesia within the Program for Research and Innovation in Science and Technology (RISET-Pro), World Bank Loan No. 8245-ID.
Barnacle samples were collected by the first author with permit numbers as follows: 488/IPK.3/KP/V 2016 for Banda Island; 694/IPK.3/AP/IX/2016 for the islands of Ambon and Pombo; 737/IPK.3/AP/IX/2016 for Saparua Island; B-671/IPK.3/KP.01.06/IX72017 for South Sulawesi; B-684/IPK.5/KP.01.06/IX/2017 for Seram Island.
Tables S1–S28, Figs S1–S13
Data type: species data
Explanation note: Fig. S1 The occurrence of Heteralepas japonica in the Moluccas (red dots); Fig. S2 The occurrence of Amphibalanus reticulatus, Dosima fascicularis, Euraphia hembeli, Hexechamaesipho pilsbryi, Megabalanus zebra, Nesochthamalus intertextus, Newmanella spinosus, Pseudoctomeris sulcata, Tetraclitella divisa and Tetraclitella karandei in the Moluccas (the red dot indicates that the species occurs on the coastline of the island); Fig. S3 The occurrence of Chthamalus moro and Lepas anserifera in the Moluccas (the red dots indicate that the species occurs on the coastline of the islands); Fig. S4 The occurrence of Amphibalanus amphitrite, Amphibalanus variegatus, Capitulum mitella, Megabalanus tintinnabulum, Tesseropora rosea, Tetraclita kuroshioensis and Tetraclita squamosa in the Moluccas (the red dots indicate that the species occurs on the coastline of the islands); Fig. S5 The occurrence of Microeuraphia sp. in the Moluccas (the red dot indicates that the species occurs on the coastline of the island); Fig. S6 The occurrence of Yamaguchiella coerulescens in the Moluccas (the red dots indicate that the species occurs on the coastline of the islands); Fig. S7 The occurrence of Neonrosella vitiata in the Moluccas (the red dots indicate that the species occurs on the coastline of the islands); Fig. S8 The occurrence of Amphibalanus zhujiangensis in the Moluccas (the red dots indicate that the species occurs on the coastline of the islands); Fig. S9 The occurrence of Amphibalanus sp. in the Moluccas (the red dots indicate that the species occurs on the coastline of the islands); Fig. S10 Bayesian phylogeny of concatenated COI and 18S gene sequences. Values next to nodes are support values; Fig. S11 ML phylogeny of concatinated COI and 18S gene sequences. Values next to nodes are support values; Fig. S12 ML phylogeny of 18S gene sequences. Tips coloured in red are the new samples sequenced for this manuscript. Values next to nodes are support values; Fig. S13 ML phylogeny of COI gene sequences. Tips coloured in red are the new samples sequenced for this manuscript. Values next to nodes are support values; Table S1. Table of sample information for DNA samples sequenced for this study; Table S2. Measurements for Heteralepas japonica (N = 25); Table S3. Measurements for Dosima fascicularis (N = 6); Table S4. Measurements for Lepas anserifera (N = 25); Table S5. Measurements for Capitulum mitella (N = 25); Table S6. Measurements for Pseudoctomeris sulcata (N = 2); Table S7. Measurements for Hexechamaesipho pilsbryi (N = 10); Table S8. Measurements for Nesochthamalus intertextus (N = 10), Table S9. Measurements for Euraphia hembeli (N = 1); Table S10. Measurements for Microeuraphia sp. (N = 2); Table S11. Measurements for Chthamalus moro (N = 25); Table S12. Measurements for Tetraclitella divisa (N = 1); Table S13. Measurements for Tetraclitella karandei (N = 3); Table S14. Measurements for Tesseropora rosea (N = 15); Table S15. Measurements for Tetraclita kuroshioensis (N = 5); Table S16. Measurements for Tetraclita squamosa (N = 5); Table S17. Measurements for Yamaguchiella coerulescens (N = 25); Table S18. Measurements for Neonrosella vitiata (N = 4); Table S19. Measurements for Newmanella spinosus (N = 5); Table S20. Measurements for Amphibalanus amphitrite (N = 15); Table S21. Measurements for Amphibalanus reticulatus (N = 5); Table S22. Measurements for Amphibalanus variegatus (N = 10); Table S23. Measurements for Amphibalanus zhujiangensis (N = 11); Table S24. Measurements for Amphibalanus sp. (N = 4); Table S25. Measurements for Megabalanus tintinnabulum (N = 4); Talbe S26. Measurements for Megabalanus zebra (N = 8); Table S27. Kimura 2-parameter (K2P) distances of COI sequences between species for Microeuraphia sp.; Table S28. Kimura 2-parameter (K2P) distances of COI sequences between species for Amphibalanus sp.