#4467 · 🦀 crabs & other crustaceans
Beaked Barnacle
🇳🇱 Nieuw-Zeelandse zeepok ·Austrominius modestus
🦀 Crabs & other crustaceans 📍 in the Netherlands (introduced)
📍 Jacobahaven, 4675 RB Netherlands
📍 Scheveningen, Den Haag, Nederland
📍 Oosterschelde, Zeeland, NL
📍 Lauwersoog, Lauwersoog, Netherlands
📍 Schiermonnikoog National Park, Schiermonnikoog, Fryslân, NL
📍 9163 GB Nes, Niederlande
10 photos from iNaturalist (Creative Commons) · credits & licences
- 1. © Pierre Corbrion · CC BY-NC-SA 4.0
- 2. © A Emmerson · CC BY-NC 4.0
- 3. © Rolf Lawrenz · CC BY 4.0
- 4. © Hannah M. Wilson · CC BY-NC 4.0
- 5. Jacobahaven, 4675 RB Netherlands:© dr. Werner de Gier · CC BY-NC 4.0
- 6. Scheveningen, Den Haag, Nederland:© Rob Westerduijn · CC BY-NC 4.0
- 7. Oosterschelde, Zeeland, NL:© no rights reserved · CC0
- 8. Lauwersoog, Lauwersoog, Netherlands:© Joren van Schie · CC BY-NC 4.0
- 9. Schiermonnikoog National Park, Schiermonnikoog, Fryslân, NL:© Jaro Schacht · CC BY-NC 4.0
- 10. 9163 GB Nes, Niederlande:© Jörg Freyhof · CC BY-NC 4.0
what is it?
Elminius modestus is a species of barnacle in the family Balanidae, native to Australia, Tasmania and New Zealand, but now spread to Britain and the north west coasts of Europe. 39 in) in diameter.
base stats
Bars compare against all animals on log scales: up to 300,000 Dutch and 600,000 worldwide sightings (the most-seen species), 150 t (blue whale), 30 m and 400 years (Greenland shark).
fun facts
- Spotted 37 times in the Netherlands on iNaturalist: the #32 most seen of the crabs & other crustaceans in NL.
- 2,343 observations worldwide on iNaturalist.
- Scientifically named by Edward Davies Davenport in 1854 (172 years ago).
- Not originally Dutch: it was introduced to the Netherlands.
fact sheet
- English
- Beaked Barnacle
- Nederlands
- Nieuw-Zeelandse zeepok
- scientific name
- Austrominius modestus
- class
- Hexanauplia
- order
- Balanomorpha
- family
- Elminiidae
- in NL
- introduced
- sightings in NL
- 37
- sightings in Europe
- 984
- sightings worldwide
- 2,343
- GBIF records in NL
- 644
- weight
- —
- length
- —
- lifespan
- —
- named
- 1854 by Edward Davies Davenport
Sources: iNaturalist taxon 410684, Wikidata Q13896144, GBIF 2115769, Wikipedia (EN), Wikipedia (NL). Intro text from Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-24.