Summary description from Wikipedia:

Amphibalanus improvisus in languages:

Bokmål

brakkvannsrur

Danish

Brakvandsrur

Dutch

Brakwaterpok

English

Bay Barnacle

English

Little ivory barnacle

Estonian

Tavaline tõruvähk

Finnish

Merirokko

French

petite balane ivoire

French

balane bernache

German

Brackwasser-Seepocke

German

Kleine Elfenbeinseepocke

Italian

Balano europeo

Japanese

ヨーロッパフジツボ

Korean

흰따개비

Latvian

Parastā jūraszīle

Lithuanian

Baltoji jūrų gilė

Russian

Морской жёлудь

Swedish

slät havstulpan

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Parent Taxon

• Amphibalanus

Sibling Taxa

• Amphibalanus amphitrite
• Amphibalanus caboblanquensis
• Amphibalanus caribensis
• Amphibalanus cirratus
• Amphibalanus eburneus
• Amphibalanus improvisus
• Amphibalanus peruvianus
• Amphibalanus poecilotheca
• Amphibalanus reticulatus
• Amphibalanus salaami
• Amphibalanus subalbidus
• Amphibalanus variegatus
• Amphibalanus venustus

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