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Tetraclita ehsani Chan, Shahdadi & Sari, 2010
Barnacles are sessile barnacles that sit on the substrate without forming a stalk. They are encased and protected by a closable exoskeleton consisting of calcareous plates. Barnacles feed on plankton as filter feeders. All barnacles live in the sea, a few in the brackish water of estuaries. They are absent in fresh water. Barnacles can be found worldwide, from the intermittently dry intertidal zone to the deep sea, from the Arctic to the tropical latitudes to the Antarctic. All barnacles are hermaphrodites that fertilize each other.
The intertidal barnacle Tetraclita ehsani is a common species from the Gulf of Oman, Iran. It inhabits low exposed rocky coasts and also attaches itself to mussels and Megabalanus species. The color spectrum of Tetraclita ehsani ranges from white to pink.
Tetraclita ehsani from Iranian waters, has diagnostic morphological features that distinguish it from other known species in the western Indian Ocean (Tetraclita rufotincta, Tetraclita reni, Tetraclita achituvi and Tetraclita serrata).
All Tetraclita in the West Indian Ocean have white to pink parietes, with the exception of Tetraclita serrata Darwin, 1854, which has green parietes
In addition to the color of the parietes, Tetraclita serrata has jagged lines on the surface of the parietes and a broader spur in the tergum compared to Tetraclita ehsani. It is difficult to distinguish Tetraclita ehsani from Tetraclita reni, Tetraclita achituvi and Tetraclita rufotincta on the basis of the outer shell morphology.
Habitat. This species was found on the exposed low shores in the intertidal zone, on rocks, but was sometimes also observed on mussel shells and on the shell surface of the barnacle species Megabalanus in the Gulf of Oman surface of the barnacle species Megabalanus in the Gulf of Oman.
Etymology. This species was named in honor of Ehsan Entezari-Zarch, B.Sc. in Animal Biology at the University of Tehran, who unfortunately passed away during a field collection in October 2009.
Barnacles are sessile barnacles that sit on the substrate without forming a stalk. They are encased and protected by a closable exoskeleton consisting of calcareous plates. Barnacles feed on plankton as filter feeders. All barnacles live in the sea, a few in the brackish water of estuaries. They are absent in fresh water. Barnacles can be found worldwide, from the intermittently dry intertidal zone to the deep sea, from the Arctic to the tropical latitudes to the Antarctic. All barnacles are hermaphrodites that fertilize each other.
The intertidal barnacle Tetraclita ehsani is a common species from the Gulf of Oman, Iran. It inhabits low exposed rocky coasts and also attaches itself to mussels and Megabalanus species. The color spectrum of Tetraclita ehsani ranges from white to pink.
Tetraclita ehsani from Iranian waters, has diagnostic morphological features that distinguish it from other known species in the western Indian Ocean (Tetraclita rufotincta, Tetraclita reni, Tetraclita achituvi and Tetraclita serrata).
All Tetraclita in the West Indian Ocean have white to pink parietes, with the exception of Tetraclita serrata Darwin, 1854, which has green parietes
In addition to the color of the parietes, Tetraclita serrata has jagged lines on the surface of the parietes and a broader spur in the tergum compared to Tetraclita ehsani. It is difficult to distinguish Tetraclita ehsani from Tetraclita reni, Tetraclita achituvi and Tetraclita rufotincta on the basis of the outer shell morphology.
Habitat. This species was found on the exposed low shores in the intertidal zone, on rocks, but was sometimes also observed on mussel shells and on the shell surface of the barnacle species Megabalanus in the Gulf of Oman surface of the barnacle species Megabalanus in the Gulf of Oman.
Etymology. This species was named in honor of Ehsan Entezari-Zarch, B.Sc. in Animal Biology at the University of Tehran, who unfortunately passed away during a field collection in October 2009.
