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title: "Mittelmeer-Seepocke"
description: "Perforatus perforatus — Weitere Tiere. Perforatus perforatus is a species of barnacle in the family Balanidae."
canonical: https://animalchecklist.com/de/animal/perforated-barnacle
last_updated: 2026-09-20
---

# Mittelmeer-Seepocke

> Perforatus perforatus — Weitere Tiere. Perforatus perforatus is a species of barnacle in the family Balanidae.

- Scientific name: *Perforatus perforatus*
- Category: `other` (Weitere Tiere)
- Habitats: `sea` (Meer & Küste)
- iNaturalist observations: 2057
- Wikidata: [Q14077701](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q14077701)
- iNaturalist taxon: [639057](https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/639057)

## Names

- en: Perforated Barnacle
- de: Mittelmeer-Seepocke
- fr: Grande Balane grise
- nl: Vulkaantje

## Countries with the most observations

GB (282), FR (268), GR (96), PT (82), ES (57), IT (53), JE (31), HR (23), MA (18), SI (8), IL (6), BE (3)

## Summary

Perforatus perforatus is a species of barnacle in the family Balanidae. It is found on the lower shore and in the neritic zone in the warm temperate parts of the eastern Atlantic Ocean.

Text: Wikipedia (en), CC BY-SA 4.0 — https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Perforatus_perforatus

## Photo

![Mittelmeer-Seepocke](https://animalchecklist.com/img/animals/perforated-barnacle/medium.jpg)

Photo: Alexander Lydon · CC0 · inaturalist — https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/304684966

## Machine access

`GET https://animalchecklist.com/api/v1/animals/perforated-barnacle?lang=de` — see [openapi.json](https://animalchecklist.com/openapi.json).